2009 Park University Spring Sports Media Guide

PARK2009 SPRING SPORTS GUIDE

JOSH HAKEJAMIE GARMAN NICOLE WIEHE

PARK2009 WOMEN’S GOLF

ALLISON VAUGHN ROXANNE CHADWELLNICOLE AINSWORTH

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Right to Know -- Enrollment of Students Receiving Athletically-Related Aid in 2007-08 In accordance with the federal Right to Know Act, the following chart outlines the number of recipients of athletic grants in each program. The number of athletes is broken down by sex and race. The chart represents the number of students in each area; it does not reflect the dollar amounts of aid granted. Also, those receiv-ing grants for more than one sport are only counted once. NO: Non-resident Alien; BL: Black -- Non-Hispanic; WH: White -- Non-Hispanic; OT: Other; HI: Hispanic; UN: Unknown; AM: American Indian; BI: Bi-Racial.

2007-08 NO BL WH OT HI UN AM BI Total

Baseball 0 0 18 0 5 0 0 0 23

M. Basketball 2 13 8 0 1 0 0 0 24

M. Soccer 15 1 5 0 0 1 0 1 23

M. Track & Field 0 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 20

M. Volleyball 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16

W. Basketball 2 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 18

W. Golf 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 8

W. Soccer 10 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 18

Softball 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 21

W. Track & Field 3 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 17

W. Volleyball 5 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 15

Total 48 43 100 0 8 2 1 1 203

PARK UNIVERSITYTable of Contents & Information ......1Pirate Club Members ............................2Experience Park University.............3-7University President .............................8Director of Athletics & Staff ........ 9-10Sports Medicine .................................. 11Media Relations................................... 12

PARK WOMEN’S GOLF2009 Season Preview ........................ 14Head Coach Kelly DeFeo .................. 15Assistant Coach & Players ..........16-172007-08 Review ................................... 182007-08 Results ................................... 19Women’s Golf Facilities ..................... 20

PARK SOFTBALL2009 Season Preview ..................22-23Head Coach Amy Reif & Staff ......... 24Player Profiles .................................25-282008 Season Review .......................... 29Statistics & History .......................30-31Softball Facilities ................................. 32

PARK BASEBALL2009 Season Preview ..................34-35Head Coach Cary Lundy & Staff ..... 36Player Profiles .................................37-442008 Season Review .......................... 45Statistics & History .......................46-47Baseball Facilities ................................ 48

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2008-09 PARK ATHLETICS INFORMATIONLocation ..............................................................................................Parkville, Mo.Founded ............................................................................................................. 1875Enrollment ......................................................................................................25,489Nickname (Colors) .......................................................Pirates (Canary & Wine)Affiliation ......................................Midlands Collegiate Athletic ConferencePresident .....................................................................Dr. Beverley Byers-Pevitts Vice President for Student Services .............................. Clarinda Creighton Athletics Director ....................................................................Claude W. EnglishAthletics Office Manager ...........................................................Patricia FayardAthletics Phone ............................................................................ (816) 584-6425Athletics Fax .................................................................................. (816) 505-5448Athletics Web site .......................................................www.parkathletics.comHead Athletic Trainer .......................................................................Michael Frey Training Room Phone ................................................................ (816) 584-6353Assistant Athletic Trainer ...........................................................Christy GrimesAssistant Athletic Trainer ...........................................................Darrell CooperWomen’s Golf Head Coach ...................................... Kelly DeFeo (Sixth Year)Women’s Golf Facility .....................The National Golf Club of Kansas CitySoftball Head Coach .....................................................Amy Reif (Fourth Year)Coaching Record ............................................................................... 59-70 (.457)Softball Facility ................................. Park Softball Complex (300 Capacity)Baseball Head Coach ............................................Cary Lundy (Seventh Year)Coaching Record .......................................................................166-130-1 (.561)Baseball Facility .................................................Comfort Field (300 Capacity)

2009 SPRING SPORTS MEDIA GUIDE CREDITSThe 2009 Park University Spring Sports Media Guide is a product of the Park University Department of Athletics, which is under the direc-tion of Claude W. English, Director of Athletics. Managing Editor & Designer: Steve Wilson, Sports Information Director. Contributing Editors: Tyler Price, Assistant Sports Information Director; Brad Biles, University Communications Coordinator; Rita Weighill, Vice President for Communications. Photography: Park University, City of KCMO, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals, UMKC. Printing: Multi-Ad, Peo-ria, Ill.

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Derrick AkersMonica AkersRobert AllenFatai AyoadeLarry BakerPam BankheadMarilyn BartelsTyrone BartelsLeona Baskerville (Bass)Betty BennettTed BetschChuck BlankenshipAllison BlockStephanie BloodgoodFrederick BobrowskiBill BrooksRoxie BurnsidePatricia BurtonBeverley Byers-PevittsEmily CalderRafaella ChavesFaith CherryLora CohnCrystal ColeMark ComfortClarinda CreightonAnteco CrossBarbara CurtisBeverly DameBrian DavisPeter deSilva

John & Nancy DillinghamOliver DowningMichael DrogeMolly DrogeDaniel DuddyDunn Family FoundationCarrie DunsonBetty DusingLevester EdwardsWinifred EdwardsClaude & Charlotte EnglishConnie Espinoza-SpringfieldChris FarmerGretchen FarmerV. Shane FarrCarolina FariaPatricia FayardBarbara FieldsBob FrankenfeldKaren FrankenfeldAnthony FrenchMichael FreyGabriela GarciaOrlanda GarouttePaul & Sylvia GaultThomas GesenhuesJohn Greenlee, Sr.Hal HendersonJoseph HendersonJanis HodgdonDanita Hodges

James HodgesSteve HookJohn HowellMelissa HurleyChris & JoAnn ImmeleDiane JayneRobert JesterMarquida Johnson Alison JoensKenneth JustusJennifer KielyDan KlineJolina KlineNancy KlineDirk LawsonRobert LeeBenny LeeHelen LucasJessica MartinDaniella MartinsCrystal MatthewsJessica McCloudJulie McCollumLaurie McCormack Jinny McCoySpencer McMillanAndrea NationDonna L. NewlandEmmanuel NgegaCharles OdenLynda OdenDavid R. OswaldLee Ann ParsonsScott & Teresa PearsonFelicia PembertonWarleana PenningtonTom PetermanReggie PittmanPaul & Susie PlunkettBarbara PonderClifford PorterWilliam QuitmeierVernon C. & Bobbie Lu ReevesAshley Reinert

Brian RenshawJennifer RobersonJoyce RoddaMichelle RodriguezChristin RotenPaul RustJennifer SandersKarie SchaeferKarry SchuppRay SeidelmanRoland SheltonEfrem ShimlisRachel SlaughterKen SmithSusan SmithCarroll SouthworthJessica StanleyDamien StanleyTeresa StanleyJeffrey StanleyWynona TaouilMax TaouilShareikka Theus-DowneyMilton Tootle, Jr.Peggy TuterMariana VogadoBetty VestalMischca WaliczekDorla WatkinsSteve Wilson Jeffrey Bryan WinstonRichard WolfPatrick YostAudrey ZambranaJoseph M. ZimmermanJoseph P. ZimmermanHamid ZlithiFritz Zschietzschmann

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FOUNDED Park University was founded in 1875 as an independent, liberal arts, four-year coeducational, residential Christian institution.

PRESENT Park has developed into a comprehensive, independent, insti-tution, accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The University is a national leader in higher education and is a growing entrepreneurial institution with 43 campus centers in 21 states, including our extensive Online program. Park continues to in-crease access to higher education by offering the quality undergradu-ate and graduate degrees students desire at locations, times and de-livery formats that best serve their needs.

LOCATION The flagship campus of Park University is located on a historic site in Parkville, Mo., situated on a bluff above the scenic Missouri River. The Parkville Campus is 10 minutes from downtown Kansas City, 15 minutes from Kansas City International Airport, and is part of the KCI Business Corridor. The School for Extended Learning has established campus cen-ters on military installations across the United States and Online. The School for Extended Learning has served the non-traditional, working adult student since 1972 by offering undergraduate programs in an accelerated for-mat. Our Graduate School is located at our Downtown Kansas City, Mo., Campus Center. Park also serves the Kansas City metropolitan area with campuses in Inde-pendence and Lexington, Mo. In addition to our military campus centers, Park also has a campus in Austin, Texas.

STUDENTS Park has developed considerable diversity among its student population, including more than 630 internation-al students from 112 countries. Nearly 42 percent of Park’s students are represented by racial, ethnic and cultural groups typically underrepresented in colleges and uni-versities. The University has repeatedly been recognized as one of the top 100 American colleges/universities in

the nation graduating black, Hispanic and American-Indian students. In addition, approximately 60 percent of Park University students are active duty military, active duty dependents, retired military or mem-bers of the Department of Defense.

PARKVILLE CAMPUS• Founded: 1875• Location: Parkville, Mo., A historic town on the Missouri River, 10 min-utes from downtown Kansas City, Mo., and 15 minutes from Kansas City International Airport.• Tuition: Our fiscal initiatives provide varying revenue streams which allow Park to maintain our tuition at approximately the same level as students attending state universities in Missouri (our tuition bench-mark).• Freshman Class Average: GPA 3.09, ACT 19.3, 80% in top half of their senior class. • Student/Faculty Ratio: Undergraduate 15:1; Graduate 9:1.• Diverse Population: Students represent all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as 112 foreign countries.• Athletics: Park University is a member of the NAIA: Men’s and Wom-en’s Basketball, Track and Field, Cross-Country, Soccer, Men’s & Wom-


en’s Volleyball, Women’s Softball, and Men’s Baseball. • Financial Aid: More than 85 percent of undergraduate students who qualify receive some form of financial aid. These include loans, grants, and work-study positions. • Accreditation: Commission on the Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and the Missouri State Board of Nursing have accredited the Nursing Department.• Special Programs and Facilities: Parkville Commercial Underground; Mabee Learning Center (academic underground, including the McA-fee Memorial Library); limitless internship opportunities; Academic Support Center for tutoring, testing, and writing labs; Career Develop-

ment Center, Breckon Sports Center, state-of-the-art fitness facility; International Cen-ter for Music and the Youth Conservatory of Music; Campanella Art Gallery; David Theatre.

ACCREDITATION Park University is accredited by the High-er Learning Commission of the North Cen-tral Association of Colleges and Schools, The State of Missouri Department of Ele-mentary and Secondary Education has offi-cially approved the academic standards of Park University for teacher education. The Department of Nursing is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and approved by the Missouri State Board of Nursing. The Department of Athletic Training is accredited by the Com-mission on Accreditation of Athletic Train-ing Education. The Department of Social Work is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

VISION STATEMENT Park University will be a renowned international leader in pro-viding innovative educational opportunities for learners within the global society.

MISSION STATEMENT The mission of Park University, an entrepreneurial institution of learning, is to provide access to academic excellence which will pre-pare learners to think critically, communicate effectively and engage in lifelong learning while serving a global community.


park University calls Parkville, Mo., and the Greater Kansas City Area home, offering students the features of both small-town life and the flashing lights of the big city.

With a population of just more than 4,000, Parkville allows stu-dents the small-town lifestyle and tightly knit community often times associated with small college athletics and the NAIA. Originally a trading post on the Missouri River, Parkville grew as Kansas City boomed in the late 1800s, which included the founding of Park University. Both the University and the city get their names from Col. George S. Park, who played a key role in the early development of the area. Today, Parkville’s historic downtown district coupled with new shopping areas to the north and east of Park University’s Parkville Campus gives Park University students two great entertainment op-portunities within the area. Parkville sits within the Northland of the Greater Kansas City Met-ropolitan Area, which encompasses 15 counties, nine of which are in Missouri and six across the state line in Kansas. The Northland is locally referred to as “north of the river”. Con-tained wholly within Missouri, it encompasses portions of Clay Coun-ty including the northern half of Kansas City, Mo., and the cities of Parkville, Liberty, North Kansas City and Gladstone. As a whole, the Kansas City Metropolitan Area is situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, often referred to as Kaw Point, straddling the state border between Missouri and Kansas. The Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, anchored by Kan-sas City, Mo., is the 27th largest in the United States, with an estimated population just shy of 2 million. A tradition-rich city known for its barbecue and storied sports history, Kansas City is currently home to Major League Baseball’s Kan-sas City Royals, the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL, Major League Soc-cer’s Kansas City Wizards, and the Kansas Speedway, which is host to several NASCAR events throughout the year including one Nextel Cup Series event in the fall. Kansas City is also home to the Kansas City T-Bones minor league baseball franchise, the Kansas City Brigade of the Arena Football League, and the Kansas City Explorers of World Team Tennis. Kansas City is also home to the Sprint Center and Kansas City Power & Light District, which opened last fall and has quickly turned into one of the region’s top entertainment districts. The Sprint Center also houses the College Basketball Experience,


which includes the College Basketball Hall of Fame. Blocks from the Power & Light District and the Sprint Center sits Municipal Auditorium, home to the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. Additionally, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics moved its offices downtown in the summer of 2007, blocks from both the Sprint Center and Municipal Auditorium In the 2006-07 season, Park advanced to the tournament’s sweet 16, marking the deepest run in more than a decade by a Kansas City-area team. Kansas City is also known for its historic shopping districts, includ-ing Westport and the Country Club Plaza, which is one of the world’s largest outdoor shopping areas designed for motor-vehicle traffic. Commonly referred to as “The Plaza”, the Country Club Plaza is home to one of the nation’s largest holiday light displays between the Thanksgiving Holiday and midway through January. In the Northland, Zona Rosa has become a popular shopping district, while Town Center and The Legends at Village West in Kansas keep shoppers occupied in the Sunflower State.


Beverley Byers-Pevitts, Ph.D., is President and CEO of Park Uni-versity in Kansas City, Mo. and

the university’s first woman president in its 131-year history. Previous to coming to Park University in 2001, she served as Interim President and as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Texas Woman’s University. Her previous administrative and faculty experiences include Dean of the College of Humani-ties and Fine Arts at the University of Northern Iowa; and as Chair and Director of Graduate Studies of the Department of Theatre Arts at the Univer-sity of Nevada. Dr. Byers-Pevitts is active locally and nationally. Her be-lief that the role of higher ed-ucation is to be an active par-ticipant and contributor to the community and the profes-sion is apparent in her activi-ties. She served as founding President of the Association for Theatre in Higher Educa-tion (ATHE); as President of the Women’s Program of the American Theatre Association, and as the first editor of the ATHE Journal, Theatre Topics. Dr. Byers-Pevitts founded the first national conference for Women in Theatre and co-co-ordinated the first three con-ferences with funding from the Ford Foundation. She serves on the Council of Presidents for the NAIA; the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Missouri Colleges Fund; the governing boards of the Liberty Memorial Association in which she chairs the Education Committee, KCPT (Kansas City Public Television) and KCREACHE (Kansas City Regional Access Consortium for Higher Education). She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Platte County Economic Development Council, a member of the Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Kansas City and Inde-pendence Chambers of Commerce and a Rotarian. In April 2005, Ingram’s Magazine named her one of the Power Elite of Kansas City in recognition of the results of her leadership at Park University. Nationally, she is on the board of the Women’s Museum, a mem-ber of the American Council on Education’s Leadership Network for International Education and a commissioner for the Office of Women in Higher Education for ACE. She is a member of the League of Profes-sional Theatre and the National Theatre Conference.

President Byers-Pevitts is a professionally produced and published playwright. Additionally, she has had numerous articles published in educational journals and books, and has lectured widely on leadership, access and equity in higher edu-cation, women’s health, academic restructuring, faculty roles, distance learning, and the future of universities. President Byers-Pevitts received her Ph.D., an interdisciplin-ary degree in English, Philosophy, Speech Communication and Theatre, and an M.A. in Theatre from Southern Illinois Univer-sity, Carbondale. She received a B.A. in English from Kentucky Wesleyan. Her postdoctoral study was conducted at the Insti-tutes for Higher Education at Harvard University. In May 2003,

Dr. Byers-Pevitts was presented the degree of Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Kentucky Wesleyan College. In the past four years at Park, under her leadership the University budget has doubled, the endowment has increased 54 percent, and enrollment has improved by 29 percent. Park is a leader in delivering education to the military, with campus centers in 23 states at 39 mili-tary installations, and has three campuses in Kansas City and one in Austin, Texas. Park also is a national leader in Online education, with students across the United States and overseas who are enrolled in Online courses. President Byers-Pevitts’ vision is to make the world a better place through education by maximizing individuals’ creative, educational, and entrepreneurial potential; to prepare global learners through cul-tural awareness to lead, to communicate, and to conduct business in a world marketplace. She is honored to represent Park University’s diverse community of learners and scholars.

dr.BeverleyByers-pevittsuniversity president 6th Year at park


Claude W. English is in his 13th year as Park University’s Director of Athletics, serving as Park’s AD since January 1996. He is in his 18th year as a member of the athletics staff at Park Uni-

versity. English also coached the Pirate men’s basketball squad for 13 seasons, retiring from coaching at the end of the 2004-05 season. Through English’s tenure as athletics director, Park athletics has undergone vast improvements, including the addition of women’s golf and baseball as intercollegiate sports. Additionally, English has overseen numerous facility im-provements, including the 1,500-seat Julian Field, home to Park University men’s and women’s soccer, as well as Breckon Sports Center, which houses Park’s men’s and women’s bas-ketball, men’s and women’s volleyball and administrative of-fices. Breckon Sports Center, named after Dr. Donald J. Breck-on, also houses an indoor practice facility for fall and spring sports. As athletics director, English has seen 112 student-ath-letes earn All-America Scholar-Athlete honors, while 77 in-dividuals were named NAIA All-Americans. In addition, Park has won 26 conference championships, 14 region champion-ships, and the Pirates have advanced to 25 national tourna-ments since 2002. During the 2007-08 season, Park made history under English’s watch, winning its second men’s volleyball National

Invitational Tournament title in April, followed by the school’s first-ever regular-season conference championship in softball. Women’s golf also advanced to its first-ever national tournament after winning its first-ever Region IV championship, accomplishing the feat in the program’s fifth year of varsity status. In addition to the nine Park squads that advanced to national competition, three

more sports – women’s soc-cer, women’s basketball and baseball – were within one game of qualifying for na-tional tournaments. The winningest coach in Park men’s basketball his-tory with a record of 182-207, English’s coaching tenure was highlighted by the Pirates’ run to the NAIA Final Four in 1997-98, which ended with a school-record mark of 27-8. English was honored at the national tournament with the Charles A. Krigel Award for outstanding sportsmanship, while his team was awarded the Dr. James Naismith-Emil S. Liston Sportsmanship Award for the team recognized as most sportsmanlike at the tourney. After playing basketball for Christian College in Dallas,

Texas, and the University of Rhode Island, English was selected in the NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blaz-ers where he played the 1970-71 season. English also played in the Eastern Basketball Association for the Hartford Capitals, the affiliate team for the Philadelphia 76ers. In 1973-74, English won the Eastern Basketball Association Champion-ship with the Capitals. He was a three-year captain at Hartford. He joined the coaching staff at the University of Rhode Island in 1972 where he remained for 12 years, including four seasons as the head coach from 1981-84. English was named Coach of the Year in the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1981. Overall, he owns a 227-277 com-bined career record in 17 seasons as a head coach at Park University and Rhode Island.

Claudeenglishdirector of athletics 18th Year at park

Claude English addresses the Park University Athletic Awards Banquet crowd in October of 2008. The banquet, started during English’s tenure as Director of Athletics, is held each fall to honor the previous season’s achievements.


Darrell CooperAsst. Athletic Trainer

Kelly DefeoWomen’s Golf Coach

Pat FayardOffice Manager

Marco RabelloInterim Men’s Volleyball

Michael FreyHead Athletic Trainer

Christy GrimesAsst. Athletic Trainer

Ken HefnerWomen’s Soccer Coach

Jason KlineMen’s Basketball Coach

Cary LundyBaseball Coach

Joe C. MeriweatherWomen’s Basketball Coach

Tyler PriceAssistant SID

Amy ReifSoftball Coach

2008-09 PARK UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS STAFF DIRECTORYGeneral Contact InformationMain University Phone Line ............................................................................................. (816) 741-2000Main Athletics Phone Line ............................................................................................... (816) 584-6425Athletics Fax Line ................................................................................................................. (816) 505-5448Athletic Training Room ...................................................................................................... (816) 584-6353Julian Field Pressbox .......................................................................................................... (816) 746-6803Breckon Sports Center Courtesy Radio Line .............................................................. (816) 505-5112Breckon Sports Center Courtesy Radio Line .............................................................. (816) 505-5111University Web site ..............................................................................................................www.park.eduAthletics Web site ...............................................................................................www.parkathletics.com

Administration - Phone numbers begin with (816) 584- and are listed belowDr. Beverley Byers-Pevitts, President ........................ [email protected] .............................. 6202Clarinda Creighton, Vice President ............................ [email protected] ............. 6833Claude English, Athletics Director ............................. [email protected] ................................. 6492Pat Fayard, Office Manager .......................................... [email protected] .................................. 6425Dr. Don Williams, Faculty Athletics Rep. .................. [email protected] ........................ 6516Eileen West, Registrar ..................................................... [email protected] .................................. 6270Greg Degener, Fields Supervisor ............................... [email protected] ...................... 6425

Sports Medicine/Athletic TrainingMichael Frey, Head Athletic Trainer .......................... [email protected] ......................... 6353Darrell Cooper, Assistant Trainer ................................ [email protected]...................... 6353Christy Grimes, Assistant Trainer ................................ [email protected] ...................... 6353

Sports Information/Media RelationsSteve Wilson, Sports Information Director ............. [email protected] ................... 6490Tyler Price, Assistant SID ............................................... [email protected] .............................. 6751

Head CoachesKelly DeFeo, Women’s Golf ........................................... [email protected] ............................ 6238Ken Hefner, Women’s Soccer ....................................... [email protected] ............................ 6408Jason Kline, Men’s Basketball ...................................... [email protected] ............................ 6438Cary Lundy, Baseball ...................................................... [email protected] ............................. 6746Joe C. Meriweather, Women’s Basketball ................ [email protected] ............ 6491Marco Rabello, Interim Men’s Volleyball.................. [email protected] ...................... 6763Amy Reif, Softball ............................................................ [email protected] .................................. 6443Brian Renshaw, Cross Country/Track ........................ [email protected] ..................... 6488Efrem Shimlis, Men’s Soccer ......................................... [email protected] ................................. 6487Peggy Tuter, Women’s Volleyball ................................ [email protected] ..................................... 6493Krystal Webb, Spirit Squad ........................................... [email protected] ........................ 6425

Brian RenshawTrack & Field Coach

Efrem ShimlisMen’s Soccer Coach

Peggy TuterWomen’s Volleyball Coach

Krystal WebbSpirit Squad Coach

Dr. Don WilliamsFaculty Athletics Rep.

Steve WilsonSports Information Dir.

Executive Staff: Clarinda Creighton, Vice President for Student Services; Michael Droge, Provost & Senior Vice President; Paul Gault, Special Assistant for Administration; Roger Hershey, Vice President and General Counsel; Laurie McCormack, Vice President for University Advancement; Thomas Peterman, Vice President for Distance Learning; Dorla Watkins, Vice President for Finance and Administration; Rita Weighill, Vice President for Communication.


michael Frey begins his sixth year as head athletic trainer at Park Uni-versity, coming to the Pirates after

a one-year stint as the head athletic trainer at Centennial High School in Peoria, Ariz.

Frey owns a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University in 1994, and he completed his master’s degree in 2002 from the Univer-sity of Kansas. A native of Silver Lake, Kan., and member of Silver Lake’s 1989 Class 3A state champion football team, Frey began his career in sports medicine as the Industrial Program Director at the Rehability Center in Kansas City, Kan., staying in that role from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, Frey landed his first position in a collegiate athletics set-ting, serving as athletic trainer at Avila University from 1998-2000. Frey returned to his alma mater in 2000, where he served as the Intramural Sports Medicine Director at Kansas State University until 2002, prior to going to Centennial High. Frey resides in Lee’s Summit, Mo., with his wife, Kelly, and two daughters Lorien and Natalie. He also has one son, Talin.

Head athletic Trainer

Michael Frey

assistant athletic Trainer

Darrell Cooper

assistant athletic Trainer

Christy Grimes

The sports medicine staff at Park University provides comprehensive and quality care to Pi-rate student-athletes through three full-time, certified athletic trainers and athletic training students from the Park Athletic Training Education Department.

Park athletic training students also work on high school and college campuses throughout the Kansas City Area, assisting at official contests and at practices to fulfill required ATEP hours. Park certified athletic trainers provide care for more than 200 student-athletes at Park, providing the majority of its care from the central sports medicine facility in the Intramural Fieldhouse, which is adjacent to Breckon Sports Center. Head athletic trainer Michael Frey oversees the sports medicine staff, while certified trainers Darrell Cooper and Christy Grimes also pro-vide care for student-athletes both on and off the field. In addition to caring for injuries that occur within the department, Park’s training staff provides education and preventative medical information to Park student-athletes.

Christy Grimes is in her third year as an assistant athletic trainer at Park, serv-ing the University in a dual role as an

athletic training instructor, a position she has held since the fall of 2005. Grimes is a gradu-

ate of Kansas Wesleyan, where she was a soccer letterwinner f the Coyotes in addition to her athletic training student duties. She began her career at Prism Rehab Services in St. Louis before moving on to Saint Louis University in the summer of 1998, and in August of the same year, she began at UMKC as an athletic training graduate assistant. From there, Grimes worked as a certified athletic trainer at Shawnee Mission Medical Center until coming to Park Uni-versity. While at Park, Grimes has also volunteered as a certified athlet-ic trainer for Kansas City Jazz Rugby. She received her master’s degree from the University of Kansas last May.

darrell Cooper is entering his third season as assistant athletic trainer at Park University, coming to the Pi-

rates after a one-year stint at Henderson State University in Hot Springs, Ark.

Cooper holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Uni-versity of Akron, and he began his career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, working with the Zips’ football and track programs from 1998 to 2000. He has also worked for the Adirondack Icehawks of the United Hockey league, Iowa Central Community College and the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri S&T), prior to coming to Park Univer-sity. Cooper is also an instructor for the American Red Cross’s Profes-sional Rescuer Training and he is an accredited clinical instructor.


assistant sports information director

Tyler Price

sports information director

Steve Wilson

steve Wilson begins his second year as the Director of Sports In-formation, overseeing publicity and operational efforts for all 15 sports at Park University. Wilson is the primary contact for both

women’s soccer and women’s volleyball in the fall, men’s basketball and men’s volleyball in the winter, and baseball and women’s golf in the

spring. He is also responsible for overseeing all publications and online efforts within the depart-ment, including www.parkathletics.com. Additionally, Wilson supervises game-day staff at all home events as well as other administrative duties within the Department of Athletics. He also serves as the play-by-play voice of the Pirates at select events. A 2004 graduate of Kansas State, Wilson began his career in sports information as a at Kan-sas Wesleyan during the 2004-05 school year, assisting with the Coyote football, men’s basketball, baseball and women’s basketball programs. In 2005, he joined the media relations staff at Texas State, where he was the primary contact for volleyball, women’s basketball and baseball. While at Texas State, Wilson also provided basketball and baseball play-by-play on KTSW-FM, assisted with football publicity efforts and assisted on the game-day staffs of the 2005 United States Basketball League Championship, the 2006 NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional in San An-tonio and the 2006 NCAA Baseball Regional in Austin, Texas. During the 2005 football season, he also assisted the game-day efforts of the New Orleans Saints, who were relocated to San Antonio by Hurricane Katrina. Prior to his work in sports information, Wilson was a play-by-play voice for KSAL-AM in Salina, Kan., as well as a contributing writer and assistant editor for Rivals.com College Baseball. He re-ceived honors in the student-intern play-by-play category by the Kansas Association of Broadcast-ers in 2003. He and his wife, Sarah, reside in Roeland Park, Kan.

Tyler Price enters his first year as the Assistant Sports Information Director at Park. Price is the primary contact for both men’s soccer and cross country in the fall, women’s basketball and indoor track

and field in the winter, as well as softball and outdoor track and field in the spring.

Price will join SID Steve Wilson as the primary liaison between Park’s athletics programs and the public. The two will be responsible for serving the needs of not only the media, but also coach-es, student-athletes, supporters and fans. A 2008 graduate of Kansas State, Price spent three years in the Sports Information Department as a Student Assistant. Along with assisting in the promo-tion of all 12 varsity sports at K-State, Price’s main responsibility was serving as the primary contact for the women’s equestrian program. After graduation, Price joined the Sports Information staff at the NAIA in the summer of 2008. The Olathe, Kan., native also worked in sports broadcasting early in his career. Price spent two summers working at KSHB-TV in Kansas City as an Associate Sports Producer for the 38 Sport Spot television program and all evening newscasts. Price is an avid Kansas City sports fan and enjoys watching all Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals and Kansas State football games. Price and his wife, Jenny, also a graduate of K-State, reside in Olathe, Kan.

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2009 PIRATE WOMEN’S GOLFMar. 23-24 Southwestern College Invitational TBAMar. 30-31 Blue Bonnet Classic TBAApr. 10-11 McKendree University Invitational TBAApr. 13-14 PARK UNIVERSITY INVITATIONAL TBA

Apr. 19-21 RRAC/MCAC Tournament TBAMay 12-15 NAIA National Championship Tournament TBA

Home events in BOLD. All dates and times CST and subject to change.

14 • PARK UNIVERSITY GOLF

The Park University women’s golf team enters the 2009 spring season with a lot to be optimistic about, including a high-pro-file freshman who is already making waves for the Pirates this

season. Plern Promboobpa, who came highly touted out of Blue Springs South High School, had three top 10 finish-es in the fall for the Pirates, including closing the fall season with a 74 at Aberdeen Golf Course in St. Louis, moving up four spots to No. 4 at the Maryville-St. Louis Invitational. Promboobpa, who came to the Kansas City area from Thailand, finished fourth at the Mis-souri State Championship in her only season for Blue Springs South and was signed in the spring of 2008 to play for the Pirates. She joins a team of five that includes three juniors – Nicole Ainsworth, Nicole Wie-he and Roxanne (Jensen) Chadwell – as well as a sophomore, Allison Vaughn. Gone from last year’s NAIA tourna-ment roster is Ashley Nicks, who be-came an assistant coach for the Pirates after completing her eligibility last May in San Diego. “This is definitely a group to be excited about, with the experience we have coming back and the kind of play-er we have as a freshman in Plern,” said head coach Kelly DeFeo. “Wiehe, Ains-worth and Roxie give us two years worth of experience already, and I really felt like Allison Vaughn really came on at the end of last year and on into the fall.” Wiehe was Park’s No. 2 player much of last season and continued to fill that role through the fall, and last summer, she took the 32nd-Annual Wyandotte County Open at Sunflower Hills Golf Course. Ainsworth, Chadwell and Vaughn also gained valuable off-season experience over the summer to prep for the fall, which saw the

Pirates take their season-opening tournament at William Jewell by 20 strokes. “Our work over the summer paid off and I think the girls saw it all

come together in that first tournament,” DeFeo said. “We played against some great competition in the fall and I thought faired

pretty well.” Park finished second behind NCAA Division II Rockhurst

at Northwest Missouri State, and in St. Louis, the Pirates were fourth behind Lindenwood, Truman State and Washing-ton-St. Louis.

The spring schedule in 2009 will begin March 23 and 24 in Win-field, Kan., as the Pirates take part in the Southwestern Invitational at Quail Ridge Golf Course, a tournament the Pirates won last season. A new tourney appears on the schedule March 30 and 31 in DeS-oto, Texas, as the Pirates travel to the Bluebonnet Classic at Thorntree Country Club, and Park begins April in the St. Louis area, taking part in the McKendree Invitational at Cardinal Creek Golf Club. The Pirates return home April 13 and 14 to host the Park Universi-ty Invitational at The National Golf Club of Kansas City’s Deuce, which marks the last regular season tournament of the spring. Teams from the Red River Athletic Conference and Midlands Col-legiate Athletic Conference will get together April 19-21 for an auto-matic bid to the NAIA tournament, which will take place this season at Meadowbrook Golf Course in Rapid City, S.D. “This will be a very challenging schedule, and we are looking for-

ward to it,” DeFeo said. “The golf courses we play are all very tough and will prepare us for the postseason, and once we get there, we

just have to be mentally strong and stay within ourselves.”

Roxanne (Jensen) Chadwell is one of three juniors returning to the 2008-09 Park University women’s golf roster. She was also

one of five Pirates to participate last season in the 2008 NAIA Women’s Golf National Championship in San Di-

ego, Calif.

15•2009 SPRING MEdIA GUIdE

Kelly DeFeo is entering her sixth season as the head women’s golf coach at Park University, leading the Pirates since the program’s first year in 2003-04.DeFeo was named MCAC and Region IV Coach of the Year in the 2007-08 season, leading Park to its

first-ever Region IV title in school history as well as the program’s first-ever national tournament appear-ance in just its fifth year as a varsity program. The Pirates were also the MCAC Tournament Champion for the fourth-straight year before advancing to the 2008 NAIA National Championship at Lake San Marcos Country Club in San Diego. In the program’s first season, DeFeo guided then-freshman Katie Johnson to an MCAC Individual Championship en route to being named the conference’s Player of the Year. In 2004-05, she did the same for then-freshman Ashley Nicks, who also was named MCAC Player of the Year. As a team in 2004-05, the Pirates took second place at the MCAC Championships. In 2005-06, Nicks and Johnson battled each other for the indi-vidual conference title, with Johnson prevailing after a playoff, marking the third straight year a Pirate was crowned Conference Player of the Year. In 2006-07, DeFeo’s Pirates were again MCAC Tournament champions and runners up in Region IV behind all-confer-ence performances from Johnson and Nicks, earning DeFeo MCAC Coach of the Year honors. DeFeo also represents Park as the MCAC and Region IV chair for women’s golf, while also serving as a region and national rater for the NAIA. In addition to her duties at Park, DeFeo, a Class A PGA member with the Midwest Section since 1995, currently is a seasonal instructor at The National Golf Club of Kansas City. Her impressive work record also includes having been a teaching professional at the Robin Nigro Golf Academy in Kansas City, a teaching professional at the Eldorado Country Club in Indian Wells, Calif., an assistant professional at Tif-fany Greens in Kansas City, and an assistant/head professional at Mission Hills Country Club in Mission Hills, Kan. A contributing writer for Tee Times monthly magazine, DeFeo has assisted scoreboard operations at the Kansas City Champions Tour event for the last eight years. She also serves on the board of the Junior Golf Foundation of Greater Kansas City and The First Tee program. DeFeo and her husband, Chuck, reside in Kansas City, Mo.

KellydeFeoHead Women’s Golf Coach 6th Season

COACHING HISTORYPark Head Women’s Golf Coach42003-present

TEACHING EXPERIENCEClass A PGA Member4Midwest Section since 1995Seasonal Instructor4The National Golf Club of KCTeaching Professional4Robin Nigro Golf Academy4Eldorado Country ClubAssistant Professional4Tiffany Greens Country ClubAssistant/Head Professional4Mission Hills Country Club

POST-SEASONMCAC Tournaments42003-0442004-0542005-0642006-0742007-08Region Tournaments42003-0442004-0542005-0642006-0742007-08NAIA National Qualifier42007-08

2008-09 PARK UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S GOLF ROSTERPlayer Yr. Ht. L/R Previous School Hometown Nicole Ainsworth Jr. 5’9 R Shawnee Mission Northwest H.S. Lake Quivira, Kan. Roxanne Chadwell Jr. 5’5 R Jefferson West H.S. Meriden, Kan. Plern Promboobpa Fr. 5’10 R Blue Springs South H.S. Thailand Allison Vaughn So. 5’9 R Fort Osage H.S. Independence, Mo. Nicole Wiehe Jr. 5’5 R Piper H.S. Kansas City, Kan.


at the Ottawa Invitational, where she shot 94…Was also sixth at the MCAC Championship, firing 103 on day one and 95 on day two to finish at 198…Was ninth in the Region IV tournament, shooting 94 and 96 to finish at 190…Finished the year in the NAIA Championship where she shot a four-day 394...FALL 2007 – Played in two events, finishing tied for 16th in the Northwest Bearcat Invitational and tied for 24th at the William Jewell Fall Invite…Shot 97 at Northwest and 100 at Jewell...SPRING 2007 – Played in four regular season tournaments, shooting 99 at William Woods …Ended the year in the Park University Invitational where she shot a two-day 209...FALL 2006 – Played in three tourna-

ments, including the Rockhurst Invitation-al, William Jewell Fall Invite and the Avila Fall Invitational…Best fall finish was at

Rockhurst, where she finished with a two-day 209...PERSONAL – Nicole Rae Ainsworth was born Oct. 18 in Memphis, Tenn., and is the daughter of Marla and Mike Ainsworth of Lake Quivira, Kan….Has one brother, Sean (26)…Chose Park University for its academics and golf program…Is a business administration major, and enjoys cooking in her free time…Attended

Shawnee Mission Northwest where she was a state qualifier as a senior for the Cougars…Also

finished second in the Sunflower tournament as a senior co-captain…Carried a 4.0 GPA while playing

golf for head coach Rich Wiley.

Ashley NicksAssistant Coach 1st Season

AINSWORTH’S ALL-TIME RESULTSYear Tournament Rounds Score Place2006-07 Rockhurst Invitational 103-106 209 T-15th2006-07 William Jewell Fall Inv. 101-109 210 18th2006-07 Avila Fall Invitational 120 120 22nd2006-07 Central Christian Inv. 105-111 216 23rd2006-07 William Woods Inv. 99 99 T-28th2006-07 William Jewell Inv. 106-115 221 10th2006-07 Park Invitational 112-97 209 42nd

2007-08 Northwest Bearcat Inv. 97 97 T-16th2007-08 William Jewell Fall Inv. 100 100 T-24th2007-08 South Central Kansas 106-109 215 30th2007-08 William Woods Inv. 98 98 T-27th2007-08 Ottawa Invitational 94 94 T8th2007-08 Park Invitational 92-100 192 T-372007-08 MCAC Championship 103-95 198 6th2007-08 NAIA Region IV Tourn. 94-96 190 9th2007-08 NAIA Championship 96-94-104-100 394 117th

2008-09 William Jewell Fall Inv. 93-100 193 T25th2008-09 Northwest Bearcat Inv. 93-91 184 T23rd

FALL 2008 – Appeared in all three fall events for the Pirates, with her best finish coming at Northwest Mis-souri State where she fired an opening-day 84, paired with

a 91 to finish tied for 13th at 175...Also finished tied for 31st at William Jewell and 26th at Maryville-St. Louis...SPRING 2008 - Produced her best round of the 2008 spring season at William Woods, shooting 86 in the one-day event to finish tied for sixth...Also started the year in the South Central Kansas Invita-tional at Winfield, Kan., where she finished tied for ninth, marking the first of four top 10 finishes on the year...Top placing came at the MCAC champi-onship, finishing third with a two-day total of 189, and a week later, finished sixth at the NAIA Region IV tournament with a two-day 185...Ended the year in the NAIA tournament in San Diego, Calif., finish-ing the four-day event in 378 strokes...FALL2007 - Played in both fall events, finishing 10th at the Northwest Bearcat Invitational and tied for 24th at William Jewell...SPRING 2007 - Began the season with a top 10 finish at Central Christian and had two more top 10’s, finishing third at William Jewell and fourth in the MCAC championship...Career-best single-round score came in the MCAC tour-nament when she shot 82 in the opening round...FALL 2006 - Appeared in three events, finishing in the top 10 twice...Was 12th at the Rockhurst Invite with a two-day 191...Finished sixth at Wil-liam Jewell with a two-day 178 and had a fourth-place 88 in Avila’s Fall 18-hole event...PERSONAL - Rox-anne Marie Chadwell was born Roxanne Marie Jensen on June 4 in Pierre, S.D....Parents are Rich and Nita Jensen...Father is a crop insur-ance agent for Farm Bureau, mother a medical transcriptionist...Married Mitch Chadwell prior to the 2008 fall season...Has one brother, Dave (25)...Nickname is Roxie...Played high school golf for Jefferson West High School in Meriden, Kan., for Larry Kennedy...Was a three-time state qualifier and graduated in 2006 as her class valedictorian.

Roxanne Chadwell5’5 • Junior • Meriden, Kan.Jefferson West HS

CHADWELL’S ALL-TIME RESULTSYear Tournament Rounds Score Place2006-07 Rockhurst Invitational 94-97 191 12th2006-07 William Jewell Fall Inv. 89-89 178 6th2006-07 Avila Fall Invitational 88 88 4th2006-07 Central Christian Inv. 92-91 183 8th2006-07 William Woods Inv. 89 89 24th2006-07 William Jewell Inv. 90-96 186 3rd2006-07 Baker Invitational 94-100 194 10th2006-07 MCAC Championship 82-92 174 4th2006-07 NAIA Region IV Tourn. 98-89 187 12th

2007-08 Northwest Bearcat Inv. 91 91 10th2007-08 William Jewell Fall Inv. 100 100 T-24th2007-08 South Central Kansas 92-95 187 T-9th2007-08 William Woods Inv. 86 86 T-6th2007-08 Park Invitational 89-93 182 T-20th2007-08 MCAC Championship 94-95 189 3rd2007-08 NAIA Region IV Tourn. 92-93 185 6th2007-08 NAIA Championship 90-98-96-94 378 112th

2008-09 William Jewell Fall Inv. 98-98 196 T-31st2008-09 Northwest Bearcat Inv. 84-91 175 T-13th2008-09 Maryville-St. Louis Inv. 90-98 188 26th

Ashley Nicks is in her first season as an assistant coach for the Park University women’s golf program after playing for four years at Park under head coach Kelly DeFeo, from 2004 to 2008.

Nicks was the MCAC Player of the Year in 2007-08, winning the MCAC crown at Alvamar Golf Club in Lawrence, Kan., and she was also Regional Runner-up at Sun-flower Hills, helping the Pirates to the school’s first-ever Region IV title and trip to the

NAIA national tournament in San Diego, Calif. A native of St. Louis, Mo., Nicks is one of two Pirates in school history with an individual conference title to her credit, and she was the first-ever No. 1 player in Park his-tory to lead her team to a national tournament appearance. In addition to her coaching duties at Park, Nicks currently serves on the golf staff at The National Golf Club of Kansas City.

FALL 2008 – Played in two tournaments, placing 25th at the William Jewell Fall Invite after firing a two-day 193…Established a new career-best for both single-round

score and two-day score in her second fall event, shooting 93 on the opening day of the Northwest Bearcat Invitational before a career-best 91 on day two of the event, finishing with a two-day 184...SPRING 2008 – Had three top 10 finishes, including tied for eighth

Nicole Ainsworth5’9 • Junior • Lake Quivira, Kan.Shawnee Mission Northwest HS


FALL 2008 – Played in three fall events, finishing all three in the Top 10, including two fourth-place finishes...Fired a two-day fall low 155 at Maryville-St. Louis, shooting

81 on the tournament’s first day and 74 on day two to finish fourth...Was also fourth at William Jewell, shooting 81-85, 166...Tied for sixth at Northwest Missouri State, shooting a two-day 162 with a sec-ond-day 79...Ended the fall with an 80.5 strokes per round average...PERSONAL - Plern Promboobpa was born Dec. 12 in Thailand and is the daughter of Thiamchai and Roryruja Promboobpa...Father is a lawyer, mother is a teacher...Played high school golf for one season at Blue Springs South for head coach Mike McGown where she took fourth in the Missouri Class 2 State Championship...Also finished first at her conference and district tournaments...Chose Park over Missouri State and is planning to major in legal studies.

Plern Promboobpa5’10 • Freshman • Rayong, ThailandBlue Springs South HS

PROMBOOBPA’S ALL-TIME RESULTS2008-09 William Jewell Fall Inv. 81-85 166 4th2008-09 Northwest Bearcat Inv. 83-79 162 T-6th2008-09 Maryville-St. Louis Inv. 81-74 155 4th

FALL 2008 – Played in all three fall events for the Pi-rates, posting her best-ever collegiate round in the open-ing round of the William Jew-ell Invite with an 84...Finished

the tournament with an 86 to finish at an all-time low 170...Also played at Northwest Missouri State, finishing 17th with a first-round 86, and ended the fall at Maryville-St. Louis...SPRING 2008 - Played in seven events, taking home three top 10 finishes...Was fifth in the MCAC championship, eighth in the

Allison Vaughn5’9 • Sophomore • Independence, Mo.Fort Osage HS

VAUGHN’S ALL-TIME RESULTS2007-08 Northwest Bearcat Inv. 96 96 15th2007-08 William Jewell Fall Inv. 93 93 T10th2007-08 South Central Kan. Inv. 100-95 195 19th2007-08 William Woods Inv. 96 96 23rd2007-08 Ottawa Invitational 91 91 7th2007-08 Park Invitational 93-94 187 T25th2007-08 MCAC Championship 96-96 192 5th2007-08 NAIA Region IV Tourn. 96-93 189 8th2007-08 NAIA Championship 107-88-89-96 380 114th

2008-09 William Jewell Fall Inv. 84-86 170 6th2008-09 Northwest Bearcat Inv. 86-92 178 17th2008-09 Maryville-St. Louis Inv. 97-92 189 27th

FALL 2008 – Played in all three fall events for Park, earning two 15th-place fin-ishes - at William Jewell and at Maryville-St.Louis - and had a 20th-place perfor-

mance at Northwest Missouri State...Recorded her top round of the fall in her final 18 holes, shooting 81 at Maryville...SPRING 2008 - Was one of five Pirates to play in the 2008 NAIA Championship at Lake San Marcos Country Club in San Diego, Calif., firing back-to-back sub-90 rounds on her first two days in the tournament...Had three top 10 finishes during the season, including one in the regular sea-son at Ottawa, where she tied for fifth...Also had a second-place finish in the MCAC championship and a third-place finish in the NAIA Region IV tourna-ment...Best round came in the first 18 holes of the Region IV tournament, where she shot 86...FALL 2007 - Played in two fall tournaments, finishing 11th at the Northwest Bearcat Invitational and tied for 10th at William Jewell...SPRING 2007 - Had four top 10 finishes, including regular-season top 10’s at Central Christian and Baker, where she finished fifth and seventh, respectively...Was also fifth at the MCAC tournament and sixth in the NAIA Region IV championship...Had her best two-day score at Central Christian where she shot 173, including a second-day 86...FALL 2006 - Played in three events for the Pirates, earning a seventh-place finish at William Jewell...Also took 13th at Avila and tied for 15th at the Rockhurst Invitational...PERSONAL - Nicole Elizabeth Wiehe was born May 16 in Wyan-dotte County, Kan., and is the daugh-ter of Stan and Gwen Wiehe...Father is a farmer...Has one sibling, Stan, who also played golf for Piper High School...High school coach was Denise Duke...Quali-fied for state all four seasons, where she earned four top 20 finishes and was the teammate of state champion Jennifer Clark...Was also a Scholar of Distinc-tion, Key Club member and involved in the gifted program...Last summer, won the Wyandotte County Open at Sunflower Hills Golf Course.

Nicole Wiehe5’5 • Junior • Kansas City, Kan.Piper HS

WIEHE’S ALL-TIME RESULTSYear Tournament Rounds Score Place2006-07 Rockhurst Invitational 103-106 209 T15th2006-07 William Jewell Fall Inv. 89-90 179 7th2006-07 Avila Fall Invitational 103 103 13th2006-07 Central Christian Inv. 87-86 173 5th2006-07 William Woods Inv. 90 90 25th2006-07 Baker Invitational 91-97 188 7th2006-07 Park Invitational 101-96 197 28th2006-07 MCAC Championship 87-89 176 5th2006-07 NAIA Region IV Tourn. 89-86 175 6th

2007-08 Northwest Bearcat Inv. 92 92 11th2007-08 William Jewell Fall Inv. 93 93 T10th2007-08 South Central Kansas 98-91 189 T11th2007-08 William Woods Inv. 89 89 T12th2007-08 Ottawa Invitational 90 90 T5th2007-08 Park Invitational 94-99 193 T40th2007-08 MCAC Championship 96-91 187 2nd2007-08 NAIA Region IV Tourn. 86-91 177 3rd2007-08 NAIA Championship 88-87-97-95 367 105th

2008-09 William Jewell Fall Inv. 91-92 183 15th2008-09 Northwest Bearcat Inv. 88-93 181 T20th2008-09 Maryville-St. Louis Inv. 88-81 169 T15th

NAIA Region IV tournament and had her only top 10 of the regular season at Ottawa, finishing seventh...Ended her spring season in the NAIA Champion-ship at Lake San Marcos Country Club in San Diego, posting her first-ever sub-90 collegiate rounds by shooting 88 in the second round and 89 in the third round...FALL 2007 - Saw action in two fall tourna-ments, playing at Northwest Missouri state with a 15th-place finish...Earned her first-ever top 10 finish at William Jewell, shooting 93 to finish tied for 10th...PERSONAL - Allison Marie Vaughn was born Oct. 6 in Independence, Mo., and is the daughter of David and Brenda Vaughn...Also has one sibling, Amanda (22)...Father works for the United States Postal Ser-vice...Is majoring in mathematics and chemistry at Park University, choosing the school for its golf program and academic majors...Played high school golf for Fort Osage High School, where she was her class valedictorian, under coach Shayne McPher-son, qualifying for three state tournaments in Mis-

souri...High school is the alma mater of St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols...Away from the golf course, enjoys traveling and

spending time with family...Is involved with several volunteer organizations, including

Harvesters, Science Pioneers and the Sunshine Center.


2008 GOLF IN REVIEW Park University’s women’s golf team reached new heights in the 2007-08 season, marked by the school’s first-ever NAIA Region IV Championship and a trip to the 2008 NAIA Women’s Golf National Championships in San Diego, Calif. The journey began, though, during the fall season at a first-time tournament in Maryville, Mo. The Pirates took to the course to be-gin 2007-08 at Mozingo Lake Golf Club and the 2007 Northwest Bearcat Invitational, hosted by Northwest Missouri State University. Park came away with two titles, winning the team title with a four-person score of 352, and senior Ash-ley Nicks recorded her first of five wins on the year, firing a 78 in the first-ever running of the Bearcat Invitational, which also marked the be-ginning of the Northwest women’s golf program. Senior Amy Hol-lander also placed in the Bearcat top 10, finishing eighth. A week later, Park trav-eled across the metro area to Claycrest Golf Club and the William Jewell Fall Invitational, where Nicks re-corded her first second-place finish of the season, fol-lowed by Nicole Wie-he and Allison Vaughn, who each finished tied for 10th in the final fall event of 2007-08. Spring began with a trip to the South Central Kansas Invitational at Quail Ridge Golf Club in Winfield, Kan., and the Pi-rates leapt a large hurdle by beating Region IV ri-val Southwestern in the tournament, coming away with a first-place finish and a two-day total of 737. Nicks shot 88 in the tournament’s first round and 80 on day two to win

it, while Roxanne Jensen (now Chadwell) also earned at top 10 nod with a ninth-place fin-ish. The month of April began with another victory for Nicks on April 1, winning the Wil-liam Woods Invitational, and she captured the Ottawa Invitational a week later, becoming one of three Pirates to place in OU’s top 10, helping Park to a tournament-best one-day total of 353. Wiehe finished fifth in the tour-ney, while Vaughn registered a seventh-place

finish. Park University hosted its own invitational at The National Golf Club

of Kansas City’s No. 2 course, The Deuce, which was captured by Rockhurst, con-

cluding the regular season before

moving on to the 2008

M C A C C h a m p i -onship in Lawrence,

Kan., at Al-vamar Golf Club.

Park won the conference title with

a two-day 730, taking one-through-three in the

tournament individually as well as fifth and sixth, and

eighth and ninth. Nicks was the MCAC Player of the Year with a two-day champion-ship of 162, followed by Wiehe and Jensen in second and third, Vaughn and Ainsworth in fifth and sixth.

Hollander and Nichole Wessel also registered top 10 honors, finishing ninth

and 10th in the tournament. Park won its first-ever region title

a week later at Sunflower Hills Golf Course in Bonner Springs, Kan., as Nicks

matched her two-day total of 162, but finished runner-up in the region. How-ever, Wiehe, Jensen, Vaughn and Ains-worth all finished in the region’s top 10, helping the Pirates secure a trip to San Diego with a two-day team championship, beating defending Region IV champion Southwestern by 20 strokes.

Park closed out the season May 20-23 at Lake San Marcos Country Club

in San Diego, Calif., finishing 21st in the NAIA National Championship Tournament,

marking the school’s first-ever trip to the national championship event in its five-year women’s golf history.

2008 Senior Class: Amy Hollander, Ashley Nicks.

Allison Vaughn had her two best collegiate rounds of golf as a freshman in the 2008 NAIA Women’s Golf

Championships at Lake San Marcos Coun-try Club in the San Diego, Calif., area.


Bearcat InvitationalSeptember 13, 2007 - Maryville, Mo. (Mozingo Lake Golf Course, Par 72)

3521. Ashley Nicks 808. Amy Hollander 8910. Roxanne Jensen 9111. Nicole Wiehe 9215. Allison Vaughn 96T16. Nichole Wessel 97T16. Nicole Ainsorth 97

Team Champion: Park (352)Individual Medalist:

Ashley Nicks, Park (80)

William Jewell InvitationalOctober 5, 2007 - Liberty, Mo. (Claycrest Golf Course, Par 71)

370T2. Ashley Nicks 84T10. Allison Vaughn 93T10. Nicole Wiehe 93T24. Amy Hollander 100T24. Nicole Ainsworth 100T24. Roxanne Jensen 100T36. Nichole Wessel 107

Team Champion: Evangel, Rockh. (365)Individual Medalist:

Natalia Renjifo, Graceland (82)

South Central Kan. InviteMarch 24-25, 2008 - Winfield, Kan.

(Winfield Country Club, Par 72)376-361=737

1. Ashley Nicks 88-80 168T9. Roxanne Jensen 92-95 187T11. Nicole Wiehe 98-91 18919. Allison Vaughn 100-95 195T24. Nichole Wessel 107-97 20426. Amy Hollander 98-107 20530. Nicole Ainsworth 106-109 215



William Woods InvitationalApril 1, 2008 - Fulton, Mo.

(Tanglewood Golf Course, Par 72)349

1. Ashley Nicks 78T6. Roxanne Jensen 86T12. Nicole Wiehe 89T19. Nichole Wessel 9423. Allison Vaughn 96T24. Amy Hollander 97T27. Nicole Ainsworth 98

Team Champion: William Woods (333)Individual Medalist:


2007-08 PARK WOMEN’S GOLF RESULTS

Ottawa InvitationalApril 7, 2008 - Lawrence, Kan.

(Eagle Bend Golf Course, Par 72)353

1. Ashley Nicks 78T5. Nicole Wiehe 907. Allison Vaughn 91T8. Nichole Wessel 94T8. Nicole Ainsworth 9412. Amy Hollander 98



Park University InvitationalApril 14-15, 2008 - Winfield, Kan.

(The Deuce at The National, Par 70)364-374=738

T17. Ashley Nicks 88-91 179T20. Roxanne Jensen 89-93 182T25. Allison Vaughn 93-94 187T28. Amy Hollander 91-97 188T37. Nicole Ainsworth 92-100 192T40. Nicole Wiehe 94-99 193T52. Nichole Wessel 104-96 200

Team Champion: Rockhurst (695)Individual Medalist:

Kami Hehn, Nebraska-Kearney (159)

MCAC ChampionshipApril 21-22, 2008 - Lawrence, Kan.

(Alvamar Public Golf Course, Par 72)368-362=730

1. Ashley Nicks 82-80 1622. Nicole Wiehe 96-91 1873. Roxanne Jensen 94-95 1895. Allison Vaughn 96-96 1926. Nicole Ainsworth 103-95 1988. Nichole Wessel 106-103 2099. Amy Hollander 104-107 211



NAIA Region IV TournamentApril 27-28, 2008 - Bonner Springs Kan.

(Sunflower Hills Golf Course, Par 73)355-356=711

2. Ashley Nicks 83-79 1623. Nicole Wiehe 86-91 1776. Roxanne Jensen 92-93 1858. Allison Vaughn 96-93 1899. Nicole Ainsworth 94-96 190

Team Champion: Park (355-356=711)Individual Medalist:

Blair Koehn, Southwestern (158)

NAIA National ChampionshipMay 20-23, 2008 - San Marcos, Calif.

(Lake San Marcos Country Club, Par 72)355-356=711

T90. Ashley Nicks 84-85-90-93 352105. Nicole Wiehe 88-87-97-95 367112. Roxanne Jensen 90-98-96-94 378114. Allison Vaughn 107-88-89-96 380117. Nicole Ainsworth 96-94-104-100 394

Team Champion: Oklahoma City (1267)Individual Medalist:

Shanna Page, Bethel (308)


The National Golf Club of Kansas City and The Deuce at The National Golf Club serve as the year-round home to the Park University women’s golf program. Located only a few miles from the Park University campus, The National and The Deuce provide 36 holes of championship golf to the Pirate wom-en’s golf program, including the 2008 Park University Invitational, which was held last season at The Deuce. The Deuce will again provide the home to the 2009 Park University Invi-tational, which is scheduled for April 13-14. Both of Park University’s golf coaches are on staff at The National, including head coach Kelly DeFeo who serves as one of the club’s teach-ing professionals. The National is also a part of the backbone of the Parkville community as one of the premiere golf communi-ties in the Kansas City metropolitan area. For more information on what The National has to offer, call (816) 587-HOME, or log on to www.then-ationalgolfclub.com.

THE NATIONAL GOLF CLUB OF KANSAS CITY

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2009 PIRATE SOFTBALLFeb. 27 Bethany College (MNU Tournament) 9:00 amFeb. 27 McPherson College (MNU Tournament) 11:00 amFeb. 27 University of Saint Mary (MNU Tournament) 5:00 pmFeb. 28 MNU Tournament Bracket TBAMar. 4 Missouri Valley College 1:00 pm (DH)Mar. 5 Central Methodist University 2:00 pm (DH)MAR. 8 BENEDICTINE COLLEGE 1:00 pm(DH)Mar. 10 Northwood University 2:00 pm (DH)Mar. 11 Texas Wesleyan University 3:00 pm (DH)Mar. 13-14 Oklahoma Baptist University Tournament TBAMAR. 16 OTTAWA UNIVERSITY 1:00 PM (DH)MAR. 19 ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY 3:00 PM (DH)MAR. 25 MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY 3:00 PM (DH)APR. 3 Y0RK COLLEGE * 2:00 PM (DH)

APR. 4 PERU STATE COLLEGE * 1:00 PM (DH)Apr. 7 William Jewell College 2:00 pm (DH)Apr. 10 College of Saint Mary * 3:00 pm (DH)Apr. 11 Bellevue University * Noon (DH)Apr. 14 Haskell Indian Nations University * 3:00 pm (DH)APR. 15 BAKER UNIVERSITY 3:00 PM (DH)APR. 18 CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE * 1:00 PM (DH)Apr. 20 MidAmerica Nazarene University 4:00 pm (DH)Apr. 22 Benedictine College 2:00 pm (DH)Apr. 30-May 1 Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conf. Tournament TBAMay 17-22 NAIA National Tournament (Decatur, Ala.) TBA

Home events in BOLD. All dates and times CST and subject to change.* - Denotes Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference Game

22 • PARK UNIVERSITy SOFTBALL

The Park University softball team returns a plethora of play-ers from its 2008 squad, which earned its first MCAC regular season crown in Park’s history.

Head coach Amy Reif returns to Park in her fourth sea-son and finished 10-2 in conference play and went 23-23 overall last season, it’s safe to say she has high expectations for 2009. “I think everyone would agree that our goal is to go in and win our Conference Tournament this season and reach the National Tournament,” Reif said. “We have such a solid group of re-turners and some great newcomers that anything is possible.” Park began the 2008 season on a slow start going 2-8 in its first 10 games. Things didn’t get much better in Park’s next 12 games sporting a 3-9 record through that stretch. But once conference play began on April 6, 2008 against York College, the Pirates turned into a different ball club.

Park went 8-2 in its first 10 MCAC games and never looked back, bringing home its first MCAC regular

season championship in school history. Park ended its season in the Region IV final to Friends University

in a nail bitter, 1-0, just one game shy of the NAIA Na-tional Tournament.

The Pirates will have to move on without the services of three major contributors from last

year including Jill Prather, Rachel Hartford and Megan Goings. All three were vital to the team but coach Reif knows she has players that can step up where they left off. “We are fortunate that we only lost three players from last years team that saw the field a lot,” Reif said. “Jill Prather was a re-ally good player, she had lots of speed and we will miss that. Rachel Hartford

will also be missed at first base, she was the epitome of a team player. “Megan Goings will probably be

our biggest loss, she was a big force be-hind the plate. But she began splitting time with Emily Calder half way through the season and Emily will really benefit

from that experience from last year.” Returning from that 2008 squad is two of Park’s top pitcher’s from a year ago in Jamie Garman and Brittany Johnson. Garman, a senior out of Smithville, Mo. finished the season 10-10 and re-corded nine complete games and led the Pirates with three shutouts last season. Garman also threw 118 in-nings and posted a 6.79 ERA. 2008 marked Johnson’s first year playing for Park and the righty from Kearney, Mo. led the Pirates on the mound all season long with a team leading 4.29 ERA and a team best re-cord of 12-8.

2009 PARK UNIVERSITY SOFTBALL ROSTERNo. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. B/T Hometown Previous School 1 Abby Welker IF 5-4 Fr. L/R Piper, Kan. Piper High School 2 Brittany Johnson P/U 5-9 So. R/R Kearney, Mo. Kearney High School 3 Kristen Kluge OF 5-6 Jr. R/R Wichita, Kan. Johnson County C.C. 5 Nicole Wilson IF/OF 5-3 So. L/R Lawson, Mo. Lawson High School 6 Jennifer Cordell IF 5-7 Fr. R/R Holton, Kan. Holton High School 8 Aleisha Cassie C 5-8 So. R/R Banff, Scotland Texas-Brownsville 9 Lisa Luettinger IF 5-7 Sr. R/R West Hills, Calif. College of the Canyons 11 Brittany Dortch OF 5-5 So. R/R Kearney, Mo. Kearney High School 12 Ashley Scates IF 5-3 Sr. R/R Independence, Mo. Johnson County C.C. 15 Jamie Garman P 5-7 Sr. R/R Smithville, Mo. Smithville High School 16 Alicia Wedel IF/OF 5-9 Sr. R/R Leavenworth, Kan. Kansas City Kansas C.C. 17 Emily Calder C 5-8 So. R/R Olathe, Kan. Olathe South High School 18 Mary Beth Bourne IF 5-7 So. R/R Joplin, Mo. Joplin High School 20 Kristen Hansen OF 5-8 Sr. L/R Olathe, Kan. MidAmerica Nazarene 23 Justine Riner P 5-6 Fr. R/R Topeka, Kan. Hayden High School

Lisa Luettenger retuns to the Park lineup after starting the majority of the 2008 sea-son at second base for the Pirates.

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The 5-9 sophomore also led Park in innings pitched with 155.1, complete games, with 15, strikeouts, with 73, appearances, with 31 and opposing batting average, at .279. “Pitching will be huge for us this year,” Reif said. “With Jamie (Gar-man) coming back we are expecting her to step up and take charge as a senior. We are also very fortunate to have Brittany (Johnson) back, she came to us in the Spring semester last year and came in and did a tremendous job for us. “I am looking forward to freshman Justine Riner to get some in-nings for us too. She has a lot of potential and had some great experi-ence in High School and on her summer team last year.” Park also returns one of its biggest bats from last year in Kristen Hansen. Hansen led the Pirates with a .387 batting average last year and belted a team high 60 hits. The MidAmerica Nazarene transfer had 17 RBI a year ago and will take the reins as the starting center fielder this season. “Hansen’s bat will be huge in the lineup and she catches just about everything that comes at her in center field,” Reif said. Park’s infield will return almost the entire lineup for coach Reif this season. Starting third baseman Alicia Wedel brings back a batting average of .345 from a year ago and a fielding percentage of .957. The Pirates will also return the services of starting shortstop Ash-ley Scates and starting second baseman Lisa Luettinger. Scates led the team in RBI with 34 in 2008 and hit .342 on the year. Luettinger hit .294 last season and started all 46 games. “Our infield is bringing back a lot of experience, practically every-one is back and we will add a freshman to the mix in Jennifer Cordell,” Reid said. “She can play just about any position on the infield.” Cordell is a 5-7 freshman out of Holton, Kan., and will look to see time at first base this season for the Pirates. A number of new faces will also hope to see the field for Park this season including Kristen Kluge, Abby Welker and Brittany Dortch. Kluge is a transfer out of Johnson County Community College and can play almost any position in the outfield, while Welker comes to Park after a successful stint at Piper High School. “I am looking forward to seeing what Nicole Wilson can bring to the table this year,” Reif said. “She started a few games for us last year and I would like to see her make more of an impact. Freshman Brittany Dortch will be key for us in the outfield as well.” Park will get the 2009 season started at the MidAmerica Nazarene Tournament on February 27-28. The Pirates will face Bethany College,

McPherson College and University of Saint Mary all on the first day. Park will play at home for the first time on March 8 at 1:00 p.m. against Benedictine and conference play will kick off on April 3 with Park taking on York College at home at 2:00 p.m. for a double header. The Midlands Collegiate Athletic Confer-ence Tournament will be played from April 30-May 1 and the winner of that tourney will go on to play in the NAIA National Tournament in Decatur, Alabama May 12-15.

THE SCHEDULE Park University has been picked to finish second in the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Con-ference in 2009 according to the MCAC Preseason Coaches Poll released Thursday. Under head coach Amy Reif, Park went 23-23 overall last season and recorded a 10-2 MCAC mark en route to Park’s first ever regular season conference championship. Bellevue University has been selected to win the 2009 MCAC Softball Championship after posting a 29-14 overall record and 9-3 MCAC mark a year ago. The Bruins went on to win the 2008 MCAC Tournament and qualified for the Region IV tour-nament. Peru State College is picked third by the league coaches after going 25-22 (9-3 MCAC) a year ago. Rounding out the poll are York Col-lege (4th), College of Saint Mary (t-5th), Haskell Indian Nations University (t-5th).

Jamie Garman drove in 33 runs last year for the Pirates and posted a 6.79 ERA on the mound during the 2008 season.


Amy Reif enters her fourth season as the head softball coach at Park University.The 2008 MCAC Coach of the Year led the Pirates to one of their

most successful seasons in Park history, guiding the Pirates to a 10-2 conference record and a 23-23 overall mark in ‘08. Park earned its first MCAC regular season championship in its history and came within one game of qualifying for the NAIA National Tournament. In the 2007 season, Reif led the Pirate softball team to an overall record of 18-28 and finished 7-7 in the MCAC. Park con-cluded its 2007 season appearing in post-season action in the MCAC Tournament. This was the second time in school history that the softball team participated in the tournament. Despite suffering early elimination in the tournament, Reif produced eight players who received conference recognition. One player earned All-MCAC first-team honors, four players earned second-team honors and three players were honorable mention. Two players were named NAIA All-American Scholar-Athletes for their work in the classroom. In her first season at the helm of the Pirate program, Reif led her squad to an 18-19 overall record and a 7-9 mark in the MCAC. She had nine players earn All-MCAC honors in 2006. In addition, four players were awarded NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete acco-lades at the conclusion of the season. Reif came to Park with more than seven years of experience as a player and assistant coach at NCAA Division I Auburn University. She served as a full-time assistant coach at Auburn for three and a half seasons, including the 2002 campaign when she was a mem-ber of the NCAA South Region Coaching Staff of the Year. In 2002, Auburn qualified for the school’s first NCAA Regional with a 37-28 overall record and a 15-15 mark in the Southeastern Conference. During Reif’s tenure at AU as a full-time assistant

(2000-04) and one season as a graduate assistant (1999-2000), the Tigers reached the 30-win plateau

on three occasions. As a player, Reif spent three seasons as an infielder at Auburn for head coach Tina Deese (1996-99) and still ranks among the school’s career leaders in sacrifice hits (2nd, 28) and games started (10th, 173). As a junior, she was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll

for her efforts in the classroom. A native of Kansas City, Kan., she started her playing career at Johnson County (Kan.) Community College in 1994, where she played one season, earning first-team all-conference honors.

Reif, who worked at ESPN as a production assistant before coming to Park, received her bachelor’s degree in communications from Auburn in 1998, before obtaining her master’s degree in communications from AU in 2000. Amy and her husband, Derek, who played baseball at Auburn from 1997-2000, have two sons, Storm and Cash.

AmyReifHead Softball Coach 4th Season

AMY REIF’S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORDYEAR SCHOOL W L T PCT WORTH NOTING2006 Park University 18 19 0 .486 Best win percentage in Reif Era2007 Park University 18 28 0 .391 Most games played since 2000 season2008 Park University 23 23 0 .500 MCAC regular season championsTOTALS (3 SEASONS) 59 70 0 .457 Second-most wins in Park coaching history

Steve Tingler Assistant Coach First Season

Steve Tingler begins his first season as the assistant softball coach at Park University. A career-educator and coach having spent the last 31 years teaching and coaching in Weston and Smithville, Mo., he is currently retired from teaching but remains the head softball coach at Smithville High School.

At West Platte High School Tingler taught history and coached basketball, track, football, volleyball and served as its athletic director. For the last 12 years Tingler has coached at Smithville High School, where took over a softball program that was in its third year of existence and had won a total of five games. He built the softball program into a perennial conference and district contender. In the last six years Smithville has appeared in five district title games and

has comprised a .688 winning percentage. Tingler has also helped develop several players that are now playing collegiately. Tingler received his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Central Missouri. His wife, Diana, is the assistant softball coach at Smithville and was also the head basketball coach for 28 years. They have resided in Smithville for 31 years and have two sons, Jayce and Jerad.


2008 – Sat out the 2008 season to fulfill red-shirt requirements...2007 - Hit .333 with four home runs and a .500 slugging percentage…Registered 144 at bats and crossed the plate 29 times...Drew 15 walks for Park in ’07 as well…Went 4-for-4 against Stephens College on March 10, driving in two runs and two dou-

bles on the day…Also went 4-for-4 against Oklahoma Wesleyan on March 28, with three doubles...PERSONAL - Mary Beth Bourne was born on September 10, 1987 to Tim and Amy…Has two sisters, Lindsey

(25) and Meg (19)…Also recruited by Maple Woods Community Col-

lege and Crowder College…Nicknamed “Jop”, also

enjoys playing the gui-tar…Attended Joplin

High School where she earned four conference cham-pionships and one district champion-

ship in softball…Also a mem-ber of the honor roll…An

Athletic Training major…Played for the Tulsa Out-rage and Oklahoma Mav-

ericks softball teams…Earned second team All-MCAC in 2007.

Mary Beth Bourne5’7 • So. • Infielder • R/R Joplin, Mo. (Joplin HS) 18

MARY BETH BOURNE’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2007 46-46 .333 144 29 48 12 0 4 39 72 0.500 15 2 19 0 3 3 0 2Tot. 46-46 .333 144 29 48 12 0 4 39 72 0.500 15 2 19 0 3 3 0 2

EMILY CALDER’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2008 39-37 .283 99 18 28 5 0 1 14 36 0.364 10 1 20 1 1 2 0 0Tot. 39-37 .283 99 18 28 5 0 1 14 36 0.364 10 1 20 1 1 2 0 0

2008 – Hit .309 as a freshman and drove in 16 RBI…Appeared in 43 games and started 41 in split time behind the

plate with Megan Goings… Went to the plate 110 times and had 34 hits…Belted one home run and hit five doubles…Her home run came against College of Saint Mary on April 26 in an MCAC battle…Had a season high two RBI against Haskell Indian Nations on April 15…Had four games in which she had three hits including March 25 against Rockhurst University, April 19 against Central

Emily Calder5’8 • So. • Catcher • R/ROlathe, Kan. (Olathe South HS) 17

PERSONAL - Jennifer Cordell was born on May 2, 1990 in Holton, Mo…Has one older brother Eric (21)…Enjoys reading and playing softball in her free time…Was also recruited by Ottawa University and Augustana College…Attended Holton High School where she lettered in Vol-leyball and Softball and was named Valedicto-

rian of her class…Majoring in Biology…Chose Park University for its great academics and sports teams.

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PERSONAL - Brittany Dortch was born on De-cember 20, 1988...Has two siblings Michael (29) and Megan (16)…Attended Northwest Missouri State her freshman year…Graduated from Kearney High School where she was a member of the 2005 3A State Champion soft-ball team, also a member of the 2004 State

Runner up team…Also played basketball for the Bulldogs and was a member of the honor roll.

Brittany Dortch5’5 • So. • Outfielder • R/RKearney, Mo. (Kearney HS) 4

Jennifer Cordell5’7 • Fr. • Infielder • R/RHolton, Kan. (Holton HS)

2008 Soccer - Missed one game during her sophomore soccer season, playing and start-ing in 18...Took two shots and had one shot on goal...Posted her only assist of the season in the conference tournament against St. Mary (Neb.)...Shot on goal came against Bellevue, while her first shot of the season was against

Bethel (Tenn.)...PERSONAL— Aliesha Cassie was born July 21 in Banff, Scotland…mother is Tracy Cassie, who is a teacher…has one brother and one sister…attended high school at Banff Academy…attended UT Brownsville for one semester…was on the coaches honor roll, earned first-team all-conference and second-team all-region honors…chose to attend Park because of the soccer program and school…plans to major in international business.

8Aliesha Cassie5’8 • So. • Catcher • R/RBanff, Scotland (Texas-Brownsville)

Christian, April 26 against College of St. Mary and May 9 against Bel-levue...PERSONAL - Emily Calder was born on May 16, 1989 to Mary and Scott in Olathe, Kan…Has one older brother Clayton, (21)…En-joys spending time with friends, family and sewing…Graduated from Olathe South High School in 2007 where she helped lead the softball squad to a third place finish at the 6A State Tournament…Earned All-League, All-City and All-Conference honors…Was an All-State selec-tion in track as well…Majoring in Athletic Training…Chose Park for its Softball and Athletic Training program.

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JAMIE GARMAN’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2006 23-16 .245 53 6 13 6 0 2 10 25 .472 2 0 7 0 0 1 0 02007 41-39 .256 90 14 23 4 0 0 10 27 .300 6 3 14 0 1 4 1 12008 40-39 .356 135 22 48 13 2 4 32 77 .570 8 0 14 0 0 0 0 1Tot. 104-94 .302 278 42 84 23 2 6 52 129 .464 16 4 35 0 1 5 1 2

JAMIE GARMAN’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICSYear ERA W L GP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP BK SFA SHA2006 3.60 1 2 9 2 1 0 0 0 23.1 34 19 12 8 14 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 42007 3.79 7 13 28 25 17 3 2 0 155.0 199 121 84 68 109 33 4 9 7 2 0 2 292008 5.47 9 10 22 16 9 0 0 0 110.0 166 107 86 43 36 28 1 9 1 3 0 4 10Tot. 4.42 17 25 59 43 29 3 2 0 288.1 399 247 182 119 159 69 7 19 9 5 0 6 43

KRISTEN HANSEN’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2008 41-41 0.386 140 31 54 9 3 0 17 69 .493 15 1 17 0 2 0 2 2Tot. 41-41 0.386 140 31 54 9 3 0 17 69 .493 15 1 17 0 2 0 2 2

2008 – A strong competitor at the plate and at the mound…Finished second on the team in hitting with a .347 batting average...Appeared in 45 games and started in 44…Had 150 at bats and 52 hits…Led the team in homeruns with four and slugging percentage at .540…Drew eight walks and had hit 19 extra base

hits…Was second on the team in wins at 10-10 with a 6.79 ERA…Made 24 appearances and 17 starts with nine complete games…Led the Pi-rates with three shutouts and pitched a total of 118 innings giving up 49 walks and striking out 43 batters…Shutout Townsend Cup Rival William Jewell in a seven inning game back on April 2…Registered back to back shutout games against Central Christian on April 19 and Missouri Valley on April 24…Struck out six batters on two different oc-casions, once in the William Jewell contest on April 2 and the other on May 9 against Bellevue…At the plate, Hit a home run against Oklaho-ma Baptist on February 29 and one against MidAmerica Nazarene on March 1… Belted two over the fence against Peru State on April 5…Drove in five RBI in two different games including the Oklahoma Bap-tist game on February 29 and Peru State on April 5…2007 - Appeared in 33 games in her second year for the Pirates…Had a batting average of .256 and hit in 10 runs…Had six games in which she had two or more hits…Against Friends University on March 2, collected two hits and two RBI...2006 - Hit .245 in her first year at Park…Driving in 10 RBI and belting two homeruns, coming against Newman University on

March 31 and Haskell Indian Nations on April 18…Had two hits against Purdue North Central in the season opener...PERSONAL- Jamie Garman was born on February 21, 1987 to John and Teresa…Majoring in Elementary Education…Nicknamed

Jammer…Has one older sister Sarah (25) who played softball at William Jewell…

Also recruited by Cowley County Community College.

Jamie Garman5’7 • SR. • Pitcher • R/R Smithville, Mo. (Smithville HS) 15

2008 – Led all Pirates in batting average at .387...Appeared and started in all 46 games and led the team in at bats with 155 and hits with 60…Knocked in 17 RBI and had nine doubles and three triples in ’08…Also

walked 16 times and had 75 total bases…Had three or more hits four different times including three hits against Central Methodist on March 12, three hits against Rockhurst on March 25, three base knocks in game two against Cen-tral Christian on April 19 and three against York College on May 1...Had two doubles in the game against Central Methodist on March 12…Drew three walks in game one against Central Christian on April 19…Had a 15 game hit streak from April 5 through May 9…Had 103 putouts on the year...PERSONAL - Kristen Hansen was born on April 2, 1987 to Scott and Kay in Olathe, Kan…Has one older brother, Mark (26)…Also recruit-ed by St. Louis University and Fort Hays State…Attended MidAmerica Nazarene for two and a half years…Helped lead the Pioneers to two Regional Appearances and finished second in the HAAC twice…Graduated from Olathe South High School in 2005 where she was a member of the honor roll all four years and helped the Falcons to state ap-pearances in softball and volleyball…Ma-joring in Photojour-nalism and enjoys wakeboarding and snowboarding…Chose Park for its softball program and photojour-nalism major.

Kristen Hansen5’8 • SR. • Outfielder • L/ROlathe, Kan. (MidAmerica Nazarene)20

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PERSONAL - Kristen Kluge was born on Janu-ary 6, 1988 to Rick and Val in Wichita, Kan…Has one sibling, Kayde (18)…Was also recruited by Cowley County Community College, Newman University and Pittsburgh State...Played two seasonS at Johnson County Community Col-lege prior to Park, earning Honorable Men-

tion All-League and Academic All-League at JCCC…Majoring in Public Relations…Attended Maize High School in Maize, Kan., earned First team All-State in 2006 and First Team All-League honors in 2005 and 2006, under head coach Jenny Mierowski...Sister Kayde currently plays soccer for Newman University.

Kristen Kluge5’6 • Jr. • Outielder • R/R Wichita, Kan. (Johnson County CC) 3

BRITTANY JOHNSON’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICSYear ERA W L GP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP BK SFA SHA2008 3.57 10 6 26 16 12 0 0 3 131.1 150 86 67 46 61 16 3 13 6 2 0 4 19Tot. 3.57 10 6 26 16 12 0 0 3 131.1 150 86 67 46 61 16 3 13 6 2 0 4 19

LISA LUETTENGER’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2007 41-41 0.279 122 18 34 3 0 0 16 37 0.303 8 2 12 0 2 5 1 1Tot. 41-41 0.279 122 18 34 3 0 0 16 37 0.303 8 2 12 0 2 5 1 1

ASHLEY SCATES’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2007 41-41 0.338 139 37 47 9 1 2 30 64 0.460 21 2 4 1 0 5 3 3Tot. 41-41 0.338 139 37 47 9 1 2 30 64 0.460 21 2 4 1 0 5 3 3

2008 - Appeared and started in all 46 games for Park in ’08…Hit .294 in 136 at bats…Belt-ed 19 RBI and collected a total of 43 bases…Posted a .316 slugging percentage and had two doubles on the year…Had three hits and drove in one run against MidAmerica Nazarene

on March 1…Had a monster game against Missouri Valley

on April 24, hitting a per-fect 3-for-3 and driving

in three runs with one dou-ble…Also drove in three

runs against Central Methodist on March 12...PERSONAL - Born on July 20, 1987 in Redon-do Beach, Calif…Also re-cruited by University of

Holy Names…Chose Park for its Biology major and strong softball program...Also played for the College of the Can-yons in Valencia, Calif. from 2005 to 2007 and helped

lead them to a conference

C h a m p i o n -ship in soft-ball…Nick-n a m e d

“Louie”.

Lisa Luettenger5’7 • Sr. • Infielder • R/R West Hills, Calif. (Coll. of the Canyons)9

PERSONAL - Justine Riner was born on April 14, 1990 to Troy and Adela in Topeka, Kan...Has one younger brother, Brad (15)...Also recruited by Neosho County Community College, Gar-den City Community College and Washburn University…Attended Hayden High School in Topeka, Kan. and played for softball coach Joe

Tetuan...Nicknamed “J.R.”...Pitched a perfect game in 2005.

Justine Riner5’6 • Fr. • PITCHER • R/R Topeka, Kan. (Hayden HS) 23

2008 – Started 20 games and had 31 appearances in ’08, with 15 complete games…Collected one shutout against Central Christian back on April 19, struck out five bat-

ters and gave up only one walk in that 8-0 vic-tory over Central Christian…Pitched a team high 155.1 innings and posted a .429 ERA on the year…Led the team with 73 strikeouts and batters only hit .279 against the righty…Also col-lected four saves in ’08…Picked up her first ca-reer win against Central Methodist on March 12...Pitched a two-hit complete game against Haskell Indian Nations on April 15...PERSONAL- Brittany Nicole Johnson was born on May 9, 1989 to Kirk and Tammy Johnson…Has three siblings Na-than, Sydney and Dylan…Majoring in Busi-ness Management and Marketing…At-tended Kearney High School where she helped lead the Bulldogs to a 3A State Championship in 2005 and earned All-State honors...Also earned All-District, All-Conference and All-Metro honors for the Bulldogs…Also a member of the Na-tional Honor Society at Kearney…Also at-tended Northwest Missouri State Univer-sity in the Fall of 2007.

Brittany Johnson5’9 • So.. • Pitcher/Utility • R/R Kearney, Mo. (Kearney HS) 2


2008 - A staple at the shortstop position for Park in ’08, Scates hit a solid .342 on the year, good for fourth best and had a team high 155 at bats…Led the team in runs batted in with 34 and was second on the team in home runs with three…Had 41 runs and hit ten doubles…Against Townsend Cup rival William Jewell back on April 2, Scates went 4-for-4 and hit a home run, along with driving in four runs…

Against Oklahoma Baptist on March 1, Scates went 3-for-5 and drove in a season high 5 RBI…

Hit her first home run of the season in the Con-ference opener against York College on April 6...

PERSONAL – Ashley Marie Scates was born on February 2, 1986 to Jim and Jan

Scates...Has one younger sibling Allie (14)…Hobbies include

reading, watching movies and playing basketball…Attended

Truman High School in Indepen-dence, Mo. where she was an honor

roll recipient and a member of the Who’s Who Among American High

School Students…Helped lead her softball squad to a conference championship in 2005 and earned All-

Area, All-Conference and All-District honors in her time at

Truman…A psychology major…Also attended Johnson County

Community College.

Ashley Scates5’3 • Sr. • Infielder • R/R Independence, Mo. (Johnson County CC)12

ASHLEY SCATES’ CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2008 41-41 0.338 139 37 47 9 1 2 30 64 0.460 21 2 4 1 0 5 3 3Tot. 41-41 0.338 139 37 47 9 1 2 30 64 0.460 21 2 4 1 0 5 3 3

ALICIA WEDEL’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2008 40-40 0.359 128 17 46 8 0 1 27 57 0.445 8 1 15 0 0 2 1 1Tot. 40-40 0.359 128 17 46 8 0 1 27 57 0.445 8 1 15 0 0 2 1 1

NICOLE WILSON’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2007 24-8 0.167 12 8 2 0 0 0 1 2 0.167 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0Tot. 24-8 0.167 12 8 2 0 0 0 1 2 0.167 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0

2008 - Appeared and started in 45 games for Park, mostly at third base…Hit .345 and drove in 28 RBI on the year…Registered 145 at bats, while committing eight walks and collecting 50 hits…Turned it on once Conference play began, hitting .560 throughout the MCAC sea-son…Had one homerun on the season against

Oklahoma Baptist on March 1…Against MCAC foe Central Christian, Wedel went 3-for-4 and drove in four runs…Also went 3-for-4 against

16Alicia Wedel5’9 • Sr.. • InFielder/Outfielder • R/R Leavenworth, Kan. (KCK CC)

Peru State back on April 5 and had two RBI...PERSONAL - Alicia Jean Wedel was

born on October 24, 1986 to Gerald and Donna Wedel…Also played at Kan-

sas City Kansas Community College where she posted a batting average of .487 and

fielding percentage of .987 in her first year for the Pioneers…Enjoys working out and is

majoring in Biology…Has two siblings, Ra-chel and Rebecca.

2008 - Appeared in 27 games with eight starts, hitting .167 in 12 at bats…Had a season high two hits against Oklahoma Baptist on March 1, also crossed the plate three times…Drove in a run against Mount Mercy College on March 9...PERSONAL - Nicole Wilson was born on Octo-ber 11, 1988 to Robert and Deanna in Excelsi-

or Springs, Mo…Has two siblings, Danielle (19) and Nathan (14)…Also recruited by Westminster College…Enjoys reading, listening to music and playing softball…Attended Lawson High School in Lawson, Mo. earning All-Region honors…Majoring in English…Nicknamed Nil.

Nicole Wilson5’3 • So. • Infielder/Outfielder • L/R Lawson, Mo. (Lawson HS) 5

PERSONAL - Abby Welker was born on Au-gust 30, 1990 to David and Joleen in Jeffer-son City, Mo…Has one older sibling, Jeremy (25)…Also recruited by Missouri Southern…Chose Park for its campus size and close prox-imity to home…Attended Piper High School in Kansas City, Kan. where she was a National

Honor Society Member…Hit .420 from the plate her freshman year for the Pirates…Majoring in Biology/Nursing.

Abby Welker5’4 • Fr. • Infielder • L/R Piper, Kan. (Piper HS) 1


2008 PARK SOFTBALL SEASON REVIEW

The Park University softball team took its program to new heights in 2008, going 10-2 in Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference play and capturing its first MCAC regular season

crown in school history. If you were to follow the squad from the beginning of the season to the end, you wouldn’t have believed that the team that began the season would end up bringing home a conference championship. Park began the 2008 season on a slow start going 2-8 in its first 10 games, and things didn’t get much better in Park’s next 12 games sporting a 3-9 record through that stretch. But once conference play began on April 5, 2008 against Peru State, the Pirates turned into a different ball club. Park went 8-2 in its first 10 MCAC games and never looked back, bringing home its first MCAC Regular Season championship in school history. Park swept Peru State on the road, and one day later traveled to York College and swept the Panthers, 4-3 and 12-4. The Pirates then split a two game series on the road with confer-ence foe Bellevue on April 14 and Haskell on April 15. The Pirates then swept Central Christian on the road and swept the College of Saint Mary at home, 6-1 and 4-2. Park also picked up a few non-conference wins along the way in the month of April, sweeping Townsend Cup rival William Jew-ell, 7-3 and 3-0, on April 2. The Pirates also took down Missouri Valley in a sweep on April 24, 11-0 and 6-5, all at the Park Soft-ball Complex. Much of the success in MCAC play was due to head coach Amy Reif and her effort to find the perfect lineup for her team. Park struggled all season long to fit the right players into its infield. Many combinations were used throughout the early part of the year. But Reif used the lineup of Ashley Scates at shortstop, Alicia

Wedel at third base, Megan Goings at catcher, Lisa Luettinger at sec-ond and Rachel Hartford at first base, to solve the issue. With that lineup came instant results and the Pirates made their way to the postseason. The Pirates qualified for the Region IV tournament for a spot into the NAIA National Tournament in Decatur, Ala. Park began the tournament red hot, taking down Kansas Wesley-an, 9-1, in game one and MCAC rival Bellevue, 7-4, in game two. Park then took on Friends University in game three of the tourney losing, 2-0. In the Region IV semifinals, the Pirates again faced off against Bel-

levue. Park made quick work of the Bruins, defeating them, 8-3. Next up for Park featured the

Region IV championship which billed Park up against Friends University, winner of the contest

would qualify for the NAIA National Softball Tournament. Friends and Park battled back and forth through-

out the game, with Friends prevailing late in the game, 1-0.

Many Pirates were awarded for their ef-forts in 2008 including Jamie Garman, Kristen

Hansen and Alicia Wedel, who were all award-ed with NAIA Region IV All-Region honors. Several players were awarded All-MCAC awards and six earned first team honors in-cluding, Garman, Hansen, Wedel, Goings,

Scates and Emily Calder. Wedel was also named the MCAC Newcomer of the year, along with

coach Reif being named the MCAC Coach of the Year.

Brittany Johnson was named to the All-MCAC Sec-ond team and graduating senior Jill Prather made the

All-MCAC honorable mention squad.

2008 Senior Class (Left to Right): Megan Goings (Catcher), Rachel Hartford (First Base), Jill Prather (Outfield).

Brittany Johnson made 26 appearances with 16 starts in her freshman year, collecting

131.1 innings pitched with 61 strike outs.


Date Opponent Result Inn. Record (MCAC) Park Pitcher Att. Time Feb. 29 vs. Sterling ^ L, 4-11 6 0-1 (0-0) Garman 50 2:00 Feb. 29 vs. Oklahoma Baptist ^ W, 13-9 7 1-1 (0-0) Garman 46 1:55 Feb. 29 vs. Grand View ^ L, 0-6 7 1-2 (0-0) Kinnison 63 1:40 Mar. 1 at MidAmerica Nazarene ^ W, 14-10 7 2-2 (0-0) Garman 48 2:17 Mar. 1 vs. Oklahoma Baptist ^ L, 9-15 7 2-3 (0-0) McWilliams 67 2:00 Mar. 9 MOUNT MERCY L, 4-8 7 2-4 (0-0) Garman - 1:56 Mar. 9 MOUNT MERCY L, 1-4 7 2-5 (0-0) Johnson 67 1:40 Mar. 11 vs. Shorter ! L, 1-6 7 2-6 (0-0) Kinnison - 1:30 Mar. 11 vs. Shorter ! L, 1-14 5 2-7 (0-0) Garman 49 1:31 Mar. 12 vs. Central Methodist ! L, 2-4 7 2-8 (0-0) Johnson - 1:50 Mar. 12 vs. Central Methodist ! W, 10-6 7 3-8 (0-0) Johnson 52 2:00 Mar. 13 vs. Central Methodist ! L, 0-8 7 3-9 (0-0) Kinnison 27 1:47 Mar. 13 at West Florida ! L, 1-10 7 3-10 (0-0) Garman 63 1:47 Mar. 20 at Baker W, 4-2 7 4-10 (0-0) Johnson - 1:50 Mar. 20 at Baker W, 5-3 7 5-10 (0-0) Garman 23 1:45 Mar. 22 at Ottawa W, 8-3 7 6-10 (0-0) Johnson - 1:46 Mar. 22 at Ottawa L, 0-14 5 5-11 (0-0) Garman 38 1:09 Mar. 25 at Rockhurst L, 3-5 7 6-12 (0-0) Kinnison - 1:20 Mar. 25 at Rockhurst L, 5-11 7 6-13 (0-0) Garman 68 1:20 Mar. 29 BENEDICTINE L, 2-3 7 6-14 (0-0) Johnson - 1:50 Mar. 29 BENEDICTINE L, 3-11 7 6-15 (0-0) Garman 83 2:00 Mar. 30 CENTRAL METHODIST L, 6-8 7 6-16 (0-0) Johnson - 3:03 Mar. 30 CENTRAL METHODIST L, 2-7 7 6-17 (0-0) Garman 173 1:50 Apr. 2 WILLIAM JEWELL W, 7-3 7 7-17 (0-0) Johnson - 1:29 Apr. 2 WILLIAM JEWELL W, 3-0 7 8-17 (0-0) Garman 67 1:13 Apr. 5 at Peru State * W, 16-12 7 9-17 (1-0) Johnson - 1:50 Apr. 5 at Peru State * W, 8-6 7 10-17 (2-0) Kinnison 50 1:55Apr. 6 at York * W, 4-3 7 11-17 (3-0) Johnson - 1:45 Apr. 6 at York * W, 12-4 6 12-17 (4-0) Garman 50 1:45 Apr. 14 BELLEVUE * L, 3-7 7 12-18 (4-1) Johnson - 1:44 Apr. 14 BELLEVUE * W, 7-4 7 13-18 (5-1) Garman 32 1:40 Apr. 15 HASKELL * W 8-1 7 14-18 (6-1) Johnson - 1:24 Apr. 15 HASKELL * L, 5-7 (10) 14-19 (6-2) Johnson 55 2:26 Apr. 19 at Central Christian * W, 8-0 7 15-19 (7-2) Johnson - 1:50 Apr. 19 at Central Christian * W, 10-0 5 16-19 (8-2) Garman 50 1:30 Apr. 24 MISSOURI VALLEY W, 6-5 (8) 17-19 (8-2) Johnson - 1:37 Apr. 24 MISSOURI VALLEY W, 11-0 5 18-19 (8-2) Garman 34 1:00 Apr. 26 SAINT MARY (NEB.) * W, 6-1 7 19-19 (9-2) Johnson - 1:07 Apr. 26 SAINT MARY (NEB.) * W, 4-2 7 20-19 (10-2) Garman 96 1:52 May 1 YORK # L, 5-6 7 20-20 (10-2) Garman 60 1:30 May 1 PERU STATE # L, 2-4 (8) 20-21 (10-2) Garman 48 1:40 May 9 vs. Kansas Wesleyan % W, 9-1 5 21-21 (10-2) Johnson 42 1:45 May 9 vs. Bellevue % W, 7-4 7 22-21 (10-2) Garman 32 1:46 May 9 vs. Friends % L, 0-2 7 22-22 (10-2) Johnson 67 1:30 May 9 vs. Bellevue % W, 8-3 7 23-22 (10-2) Johnson 78 1:53 May 10 vs. Friends % L, 0-1 7 23-23 (10-2) Johnson 89 1:17

^ - MidAmerica Nazarene Tournament (Olathe, Kan.) ! - West Florida Tournament (Pensacola, Fla.) * - Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference Game # - MCAC Tournament (Parkville, Mo.) % - NAIA Region IV Tournament (Wichita, Kan.)

2008 PARK SOFTBALL GAME-BY-GAME RESULTSOverall Record: 23-23 • MCAC Record: 10-2 • Home: 8-10 • Away: 9-4 • Neutral: 6-9 PARK’S RECORD IN 2008...

OVERALL ............................................................................ 23-23HOME .....................................................................................8-10AWAY ........................................................................................ 9-4NEUTRAL ................................................................................. 6-9MCAC ......................................................................................10-2DAY GAMES ....................................................................... 21-19NIGHT GAMES ....................................................................... 2-4VS. LHP ..................................................................................... 0-0VS. RHP ................................................................................ 23-231-RUN GAMES ....................................................................... 2-32-RUN GAMES ....................................................................... 4-65+ RUN GAMES ...................................................................9-11ExTRA INNINGS .................................................................... 1-2SHUTOUTS .............................................................................. 4-50-2 RUNS SCORED .............................................................0-133-5 RUNS SCORED ............................................................... 5-86-9 RUNS SCORED .............................................................11-210+ RUNS SCORED .............................................................. 7-00-2 OPPONENT RUNS ......................................................... 9-23-5 OPPONENT RUNS ......................................................... 9-56-9 OPPONENT RUNS ......................................................... 3-910 + OPPONENT RUNS ...................................................... 2-7PARK SCORES IN 1ST INN. ...............................................15-5OPP. SCORES IN 1ST INN .................................................5-13PARK SCORES FIRST ..........................................................20-3OPP. SCORES FIRST ............................................................3-20LEADING AFTER 6 INN .....................................................16-1TRAILING AFTER 6 INN ....................................................0-17TIED AFTER 6 INN ................................................................ 3-2LEADING AFTER 7 INN ....................................................... 0-0TRAILING AFTER 7 INN ...................................................... 0-0TIED AFTER 7 INN ................................................................ 0-1

2008 PARK RUNS BY INNING1ST ...............................................................................................402ND .............................................................................................503RD ..............................................................................................364TH ..............................................................................................295TH ..............................................................................................356TH ..............................................................................................427TH ..............................................................................................138TH ................................................................................................ 29TH+ ............................................................................................. 0

2008 OPP. RUNS BY INNING1ST ...............................................................................................362ND .............................................................................................443RD ..............................................................................................374TH ..............................................................................................395TH ..............................................................................................186TH ..............................................................................................507TH ..............................................................................................218TH ................................................................................................ 39TH+ .................................................................................. 6 (4, 2)


2008 BATTING STATISTICSPLAYER AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-AT PO A E FLD20 Kristen Hansen .387 46-46 155 34 60 9 3 0 17 75 .484 16 2 17 0 .446 2 0 2-2 103 5 5 .95615 Jamie Garman .347 45-44 150 24 52 13 2 4 33 81 .540 8 0 17 0 .380 0 1 0-1 6 34 2 .95216 Alicia Wedel .345 45-45 145 21 50 8 0 1 28 61 .421 8 1 15 0 .383 0 2 1-1 159 61 10 .95712 Ashley Scates .342 46-46 155 41 53 10 1 32 34 74 .477 22 2 5 1 .430 0 6 4-4 92 103 14 .93327 Miranda McWilliams .333 3-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 0 0 1 0 .333 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.00017 Emily Calder .309 43-41 110 20 34 5 0 1 16 42 .382 10 1 23 1 .369 1 2 0-0 72 14 3 .9663 Megan Goings .297 45-43 138 29 41 16 1 3 26 68 .493 13 1 13 0 .359 1 2 0-0 109 28 2 .9869 Lisa Luettinger .294 46-46 136 19 40 3 0 0 19 43 .316 8 3 13 0 .342 2 5 1-1 125 85 19 .9171 Jill Prather .266 44-44 124 27 33 5 1 1 14 43 .347 9 5 29 1 .341 0 7 6-7 35 6 5 .89123 Rachel Hartford .233 22-14 43 2 10 0 0 0 3 10 .233 1 0 6 1 .250 0 0 0-0 81 5 1 .98911 Jordan Van Houtan .227 38-33 110 15 25 5 0 2 22 36 .327 5 0 9 1 .261 0 11 2-2 34 50 13 .8666 Ashley Brouillette .188 15-11 32 6 6 0 0 0 1 6 .188 1 0 5 0 .212 0 1 0-0 94 6 2 .9805 Nicole Wilson .167 27-8 12 9 2 0 0 0 1 2 .167 1 0 4 0 .214 1 0 0-0 7 0 0 1.0002 Brittany Johnson .000 5-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 10 36 3 .93910 Whitney Kinnison .000 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 3 13 1 .941Totals .310 46-46 1315 247 407 74 8 15 214 542 .412 102 15 159 5 .364 7 37 16-18 930 447 80 .945Opponents .310 46-46 1307 254 405 56 5 29 234 558 .427 126 13 131 5 .374 8 36 38-51 916 447 82 .943LOB - Team (315), Opp (308). DPs turned - Team (5), Opp (6). CI - Team (0), Opp (1) . Picked off - Goings, Megan (1).

2008 PITCHING STATISTICSPLAYER ERA W-L APP GS CG SH/CB SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB AVG WP HBP BK SF SH2 Brittany Johnson 4.29 12-8 31 20 15 1/0 4 155.1 174 93 74 51 73 21 3 14 623 .279 6 2 0 4 2215 Jamie Garman 6.79 10-10 24 17 9 3/0 0 118.0 175 111 89 49 43 29 1 10 520 .337 1 3 0 4 10 10 Whitney Kinnison 8.23 1-4 13 8 1 0/0 0 35.0 47 43 32 25 15 6 1 2 151 .311 6 8 0 0 427 Miranda McWilliams 37.80 0-1 1 1 0 0/0 0 1.2 9 7 7 1 0 0 0 3 13 .692 0 0 0 0 0Totals 5.86 23-23 46 46 25 4/0 4 310.0 405 254 202 126 131 56 5 29 1307 .310 13 13 0 8 36Opponents 5.36 23-23 46 46 30 5/1 2 305.2 407 247 182 102 159 74 8 15 1315 .310 17 15 4 7 37PB - Team (19), Goings (10), Calder (9), Opp (29). Pickoffs - Team (3), Calder (2), Goings (1), Opp (1). SBA/ATT - Goings (35-41), Garman (14-19), Johnson (12-17), Kinnison (12-15), Calder (3-10).

YEAR-BY-YEAR PARK SOFTBALL HISTORYCoach Year Wins Losses Ties Pct Worth NotingPam Knox 1995 20 17 0 .541 First season of Varsity Softball ProgramPam Knox 1996 32 21 0 .604 Only 30-plus win season in Park Softball HistoryRonda Miles 1997 26 21 0 .553 Miles begins four-year tenure as Pirate Softball CoachRonda Miles 1998 22 17 0 .564 Fourth-consecutive winning season to begin Pirate Softball ProgramRonda Miles 1999 11 21 0 .344 First losing season in Park Softball HistoryRonda Miles 2000 14 35 0 .286 Worst win percentage, most losses in program historyJulie True 2001 15 14 0 .517 Snaps two-year stretch of below .500 seasonsJulie True 2002 21 12 1 .618 All-time best single-season win percentage; first and only tieJulie True 2003 16 19 0 .457 Final season as head coach for Julie TrueMonica Wade 2004 19 19 0 .500 First even .500 season in Park Softball HistoryMonica Wade 2005 19 22 0 .463 Final season as head coach for Monica WadeAmy Reif 2006 18 19 0 .486 Reif’s first season as head coach at Park UniversityAmy Reif 2007 18 28 0 .391 Most games played since 2000 seasonAmy Reif 2008 23 23 0 .500 Park wins first-ever MCAC regular season championship

Coach Years Wins Losses Ties Pct Worth NotingPam Knox 1995-96 52 38 0 .578 Top all-time career winning percentage as Park Softball CoachRonda Miles 1997-00 73 94 0 .437 Most wins all-time as Park Head Softball CoachJulie True 2001-03 52 45 1 .536 One of two head coaches over .500 all-timeMonica Wade 2004-05 38 41 0 .481 Shortest concluded tenure as Park Softball CoachAmy Reif 2006-08 59 70 0 .457 Second-winningest coach in Park University softball historyOVERALL (14 Seasons) 274 288 1 .488 Seven winning seasons in 14 years of Park University Softball


The 300-seat Park University Softball Complex is home to the 2008 MCAC Champion Pirate Softball program, which plays all of its home contests at the complex in addition to all outdoor practices. Park’s softball complex was the host of the 2008 MCAC postseason tournament, marking the first-ever post-season event held at the field. Located adjacent to Julian Field, which sits south of the softball field, the complex is also equipped with a regulation tarp, bleacher seating behind home plate, an LED scoreboard, filming deck and batting cages beyond the left field wall. Park’s all-dirt infield and lush grass outfield, under the su-pervision of Greg Degener, is one of the finest collegiate play-ing surfaces in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The field measures 215 feet down both the right- and

left-field lines and 225 to dead center field. The field also sits below the bank of Missouri 9 Highway, just off of East Street on the Northwest side of the University’s Parkville campus.

PARK UNIVERSITY SOFTBALL COMPLEx

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Feb. 14 Paul Quinn College Noon (DH)Feb. 15 Paul Quinn College Noon (DH)Feb. 16 Wiley College Noon (DH)Feb. 27 Sterling College Noon (DH) Feb. 28 Baker University 1:00 pm (DH)Mar. 3 Ottawa University 1:00 pm (DH)MAR. 7 UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS NOON (DH)MAR. 8 UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS NOON (DH)MAR. 13 CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY 1:00 PM (DH)MAR. 14 WILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY NOON (DH)MAR. 15 WILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY NOON (DH)Mar. 17 University of Saint Mary 1:00 pm (DH)Mar. 20 Central Christian College * 4:00 pm (DH)Mar. 21 Central Christian College * 1:00 pm (DH)MAR. 24 BAKER UNIVERSITY 1:00 pm MAR. 27 PERU STATE COLLEGE * 1:00 PM (DH)MAR. 28 PERU STATE COLLEGE * 1:00 PM (DH)

MAR. 29 UNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY 1:00 PMAPR. 3 COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS * 1:00 PM (DH)APR. 4 COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS * 1:00 PM (DH)APR. 7 HANNIBAL-LAGRANGE COLLEGE 1:00 PM (DH) Apr. 10 Bellevue University * 1:00 pm (DH)Apr. 11 Bellevue University * 1:00 pm (DH)APR. 17 OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY* 1:00 PM (DH)APR. 18 OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY * 1:00 PM (DH)Apr. 22 William Jewell College 1:00 pmAPR. 25 OTTAWA UNIVERSITY 1:00 PMApr. 29 York College * 1:00 pmApr. 30 York College * 1:00 pmMay 4-7 Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conf. Tournament TBAMay 17-20 NAIA Regional Tournament TBAMay 22-29 Avista-NAIA World Series (Lewiston, Idaho) TBAHome events in BOLD. All dates and times CST and subject to change.* - Denotes Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference Game

2009 PIRATE BASEBALL

34 • PARK UNIVERSITy BASEBALL

PIRATE PITCHING After losing three-fourths of a starting rotation that went 24-10 collectively in 2008, excitement isn’t usually the first feeling most baseball coaches would describe when talking about an upcoming season. However, Park head baseball coach Cary Lundy is just that when talking about his pitchers. Lundy must replace three pitchers from last year’s rotation that went 29-18 and played for both the MCAC and NAIA Region IV championships, but the Pirates will do so with their top arm back from last season, Josh Hake. “It’s hard to say that a guy goes 9-0 with the kind of num-bers he (Hake) had would be improved coming into the next season, but from what we’ve seen so far, it could be a fun year watching that young man on the mound,” Lundy said. “If he goes out and competes like he did in 2008, he will be successful with his pitches. He’s got great stuff, and he needs to be a leader on the staff.” Hake made 11 appearances and nine starts, toss-ing four complete games and figuring on three of the Pirates’ seven shutouts during the season. Hake carried a 2.64 ERA through the season, tossing a team-best 61.1 innings and striking out a team-leading 84 batters while surren-dering 26 walks. He held opponents to a .171 batting average and gave up 37, of which 22 were earned. At the conclusion of the 2008 season, Hake was named MCAC Pitcher of the Year and All-Region IV, and in June, he was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 50th round of Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft. Another returner to the pitching staff is Kiki Fuentes, who saw 2008 come to an early

end due to injury. “Kiki is a lot healthier now and really looks great,” Lundy said. “For him to get back into form from 2007 will be an added bonus for us.” Fuentes made only three appearances last season, but in 2007, he went 3-3 in 50.1 innings, appearing in 15 games with five starts and a 3.40 ERA. He also struck out 26 and tossed one complete game.

“Because of the schedule, we’ll have to go with a six-man ro-tation, and that was by design to get all of our pitchers and es-pecially the new guys ready for conference play,” Lundy said. Two of those new faces to the rotation come to the Pirates from Maple Woods Community College, one of which enters the mix with a familiar last name to the Park program.

Michael Barbosa, the younger brother of former Pirate pitcher and Rockford River Hawk Joe Barbosa, comes to

the program after seven appearances for Maple Woods last season where he tossed 19.2 innings and struck out 18. Park’s second insertion into the rotation from Ma-ple Woods is Matt Lackner, who originally signed on to play the 2009 season with NCAA Division II Alabama-

Huntsville. Lackner made eight starts for Maple Woods

last year with 53 innings pitched and a 4.08 ERA. He gave up 24 runs in posting a 4-4 record on the mound, producing a better-than 4-to-1 strike

outs-to-walks ratio by fanning 42 batters and allowing 10 walks.

“Matt (Lackner) was Maple Woods’ top arm last year, so he is a great addition to our program,” Lundy said. “And in Michael (Barbosa), we get a familiar face who we know can contribute right

away to our pitching staff after competing for a very talented team last year.”

2009 PARK UNIVERSITY BASEBALL ROSTERNo. Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. B/T Hometown Previous School 1 Ryan Duede 5’10 170 Jr. OF L/L Urbandale, Iowa Johnson County CC 2 Kyle Iverson 6’3 170 Jr. P R/R Shawnee, Kan. Independence CC 3 Dustin Laird 6’0 190 Sr. INF/P R/R Springville, Utah Dawson CC 4 Justin Gambill 5’11 155 Sr. OF R/R Jonesboro, Ark. North Arkansas 5 Brett Gordon 6’2 205 Sr. INF R/R Lincoln, Neb. Independence CC 7 Josh Hake 6’0 220 Sr. P R/R Tucson, Ariz. Pima CC 8 John Lange 5’11 165 Sr. OF L/L Fort Wayne, Ind. Glen Oaks CC 9 Bryan Coggins 6’2 195 Jr. C R/R Mountain Home, Ark. Henderson State 10 Pete Peters 5’9 175 Sr. INF R/R Kansas City, Mo. Maple Woods CC 11 Jake Russell 6’3 200 Jr. P R/R Kansas City, Mo. North Kansas City HS 13 Gabe Perez 6’3 195 Jr. P R/R Chicago, Ill. Roberto Clemente HS 15 Darian Sandford 5’9 175 Jr. OF S/R St. Louis, Mo. Florissant Valley CC 17 Michael Barbosa 6’2 215 Jr. P R/R Sugar Creek, Mo. Maple Woods CC 18 Ryan Weedin 6’2 205 Sr. OF L/L Platte City, Mo. Central Missouri 19 Matt Lackner 6’4 210 Jr. P R/R Kansas City, Kan. Alabama-Huntsville 20 Scott Tatro 5’11 184 So. INF R/R Tucson, Ariz. Pima CC 21 Jeff Miser 5’10 165 Fr. UTIL S/R Kansas City, Mo. Northwest Missouri State 22 Kiki Fuentes 6’0 195 Sr. P R/R Tucson, Ariz. Pima CC 23 Jeff Hall 6’5 232 Jr. P R/R Tucson, Ariz. Pima CC 24 Michael Onwumere 6’2 210 Jr. OF R/R Toronto, Ontario Cochise CC 25 Nick Kouratou 6’3 210 Sr. INF R/R Tucson, Ariz. Pima CC 26 Jesse Kearns 6’2 205 Jr. OF R/R Tucson, Ariz. Pima CC 27 Philip DeGrace 5’10 165 Fr. OF R/R Independence, Mo. Fort Osage HS 29 Derek McGowan 6’3 215 Fr. P R/R Raytown, Mo. Raytown South HS 30 Joe Christiano 6’0 185 Sr. P/OF L/L Kansas City, Mo. Maple Woods CC 31 Cody McCoy 6’3 265 So. P R/R Basehor, Kan. Basehor-Linwood HS 32 Ethan Barnett 6’0 215 So. P L/L Gower, Mo. Allen County CC 33 Corey Stafford 6’3 235 Jr. P R/R St. Louis, Mo. Southwestern Illinois 34 Eric Goodline 6’4 250 Jr. P/INF R/R Monterey, Calif. Santa Rosa CC 35 Travis Reuter 6’4 240 Jr. P/INF R/R Kansas City, Mo. Northwest Missouri State 42 Trevor Pearson 5’11 190 Jr. P L/L Richmond, Mo. Maple Woods CC 44 Adam Shupe 6’4 220 Sr. C/INF R/R Akeny, Iowa Bellevue

Josh Hake returns for his senior season after going 9-0 with a 2.64 ERA and 84 strike outs in 2008. Last June, he was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies.


Allen County left-handed transfer Ethan Barnett also expects to figure into the rotation for the Pirates after making 10 appearances for the Red Devils last season. Barnett recorded 21 strike outs and went 3-4 in 30 innings pitched. Park is also looking for an impact from Derek McGowan, a right-handed freshman who pitched for Raytown South last season. McGowan was named All-Suburban Middle Six at shortstop in the Kansas City area by the Independence Examiner last season. He was also an all-conference and all-area performer on the infield and on the mound throughout his career at Raytown South. “McGowan has made great strides in his first season of collegiate baseball and could be a very special player by the time he is a veteran in our program,” Lundy said. “I am very pleased with what we’ve got, at least this far into our spring workouts, and I think it could be a great year on the mound for us.” In the bullpen, the Pirates return 6-foot-5 righty Jeff Hall, as well as Jake Russell who has seen valuable innings for the Pirates over the past two seasons. Two-way returnee Dustin Laird should also help the bullpen in addition to his duties on the infield, and newcomer Eric Goodline, who transferred from Santa Rosa Community College, could also help, according to Lundy. “Goodline’s a very versatile guy who can hit, play first base and pitch, and Dustin Laird has been in pressure situations for us before,” Lundy said. “Our bullpen is much deeper this year than we have been, and we have some left-handed guys who can give us innings.”

THE INFIELD The anchor of the Pirate defense will be its middle infield, manned this season by last year’s starting double-play combination of short-stop Nick Kouratou and second baseman Pete Peters, who was the only Pirate player to make 46 starts last season. Kouratou played in 42 games, making 42 starts at short in Park’s 47-game 2008 schedule. As a pair, the two were also the third- and fourth-leading hitters on the team, with Kouratou batting .404 with 42 RBIs, marking the best returning RBI total to the 2009 lineup. Peters hit .373, collecting 13 doubles on the year while scoring the second-best run total by crossing the plate 39 times. The duo helped the Pirate defense turn 31 double plays last season, and Peters finished the year with Park’s best infield fielding percentage, .965.

“Our infield really starts with Kouratou and Peters, and in my opinion, there’s not a finer middle-infield combo in the country,” Lundy said. “They’re a great double-play tandem

and both are very good at the plate. Kouratou has a great shot at being drafted and is already getting profes-

sional looks. If he can duplicate last year’s per-formance, he will gain a lot of interest as this

year goes on.” At first base, the platoon of Ryan

Fawks and Chris Evans from last sea-son must be replaced after both players graduated following 2008.

Lundy and his staff will have a few options in filling first, includ-

ing last year’s starting third baseman Brett Gordon, who made 41 starts at the

hot corner a year ago. Should Gordon move across the field, Laird, the

team’s starting shortstop in 2007, would move back into the infield rotation at third.

“That change would make us extremely

athletic defen-

sively, as well as the addition of another solid bat to our lineup,” Lundy said. “Laird was bumped from the starting lineup last year by Koura-tou, but he was our leading RBI guy two seasons ago, so he’d be a valu-able addition to our lineup that could also help us on the mound.” When Gordon is at third base in 2009, Santa Rosa Community College transfer Eric Goodline could figure into the infield at first base, as well as catchers Bryan Coggins and Adam Shupe who could come from behind the plate to fill in at first.

OUTFIELD & CATCHERS The Park University outfield returns a pair of starters from last season, as well as two players who were on last year’s team that could provide depth in the outfield throughout the year. The outfield will also see competition from newcomers to the roster, from both high school and the junior college ranks for 2009. Park’s outfield anchors from last year are Ryan Weedin and Jes-se Kearns, both playing in more than 40 games on the year. Weedin made 33 starts in 45 games last season, playing both center and left, while Kearns played all three spots and made 40 starts in 43 games. “Any time you return two starters in the outfield, you expect big things,” Lundy said. “Both of those guys are good defensive outfield-ers, and they bring a lot of experience to our lineup, as well, with Wee-din being a four-year starter and the way Kearns came on at the end of last year.” Weedin hit .278 with a team-leading 48 runs scored last season, and he also recorded six doubles, three triples and two home runs. Kearns hit .314, driving in 36 runs while stealing a team-best eight bases in eight tries, and he scored 28 runs to go with 10 doubles, a triple and five home runs. Another player who will fight for time on the outfield corners is Michael Onwumere, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound Toronto-native and trans-fer from Cochise Community College. Park will also look for outfield contributions from Darian Sandford, who stole 58 bases in 64 at-tempts last year for Florissant Valley Community College in St. Louis. “Michael is a big, strong outfielder who brings a big bat and a good amount of speed to the lineup,” Lundy said. “He can run and has good range in the outfield. Sandford also has a lot of speed, so we hope he can become a real threat on the bases.” Justin Gambill and Ryan Deude saw at bats off the bench for the Pirate outfield last season, and Deude appeared in 20 games scoring 10 runs on the year, sharing the catchers’ courtesy running duties. “We will have great outfield depth this season, with Gambill and Ryan Deude providing a lot of speed off the bench, and we’re also looking for a boost from Phil DeGrace, who comes to us from Fort Osage (High School),” Lundy said. DeGrace was named First-Team All-Middle Six in the outfield last season by the Independence Examiner, and he was named to the Kan-sas City Metro Baseball Coaches Association All-Star team. Behind the plate, a two-man race for the starting job has ensued, with Bryan Coggins and Adam Shupe competing for playing time as transfers to the program in 2009. Coggins, a 6-foot-2 transfer from Mountain Home, Ark., played last season for Henderson State and hit .216 in 23 games with 13 runs scored, one double and one home run. He also drove in 10 and stole two bases for the Reddies. Shupe is a familiar transfer to Park, having played against the Pirates last season in a Bellevue uniform. A 6-foot-4 220-pound catcher and infielder, Shupe hit .290 in 53 games last year for the Bruins, who advanced to the Avista-NAIA World Series. A starter in 15 games last year, Shupe posted 20 base hits in 69 at bats, including five doubles and four home runs and 23 RBIs. “Our catching is as deep as it’s been since I’ve been associated with the program,” said Lundy, who has served on the coaching staff since the program was resurrected in 2000. “Adam Shupe provides a lot of leadership and middle-of-the-order power, but Bryan Coggins should share some of the time behind the plate, as well.”

Senior infielder Brett Gordon could move across the diamond in 2009, playing first base after spending the 2008 season at third base for the Pirates.


Cary Lundy enters his seventh season as the head baseball coach at Park University as the school’s winningest head baseball coach and the only skipper to total 100 or more wins

in his career, Lundy is 166-130-1 in six seasons at the helm of the Pirate

baseball program, including leading his 2003 and 2006 squads to 30-win seasons.

He managed the team to 28 wins during the 2008 season, and the team was one win away from advancing to an NAIA Super Regional, falling to Bellevue University in the NAIA Region IV title game.

Park also played for a shot at the MCAC tour-nament title in Omaha, Neb., and at the con-clusion of the 2008 season, Park had its first player drafted during the Lundy Era when Josh Hake was taken in the 50th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies.

In 2006, he guided the Pirates to the Region IV Tournament championship game, while in 2007, his Pirates qualified for the tournament, amassing 28 wins and finishing the season seven games above .500.

Before taking over the program in 2003, he served for three sea-sons as an assistant coach at Park, starting when the program was reinstated in 2000.

During the summer months, Lundy coaches UMB Bank in Kansas City’s prestigious Ban Johnson League, leading his squads to seven league championships. In addition, he has also served as a recom-

mending scout for the Cincinnati Reds organization. A 1982 graduate of Park and native of Kansas City, Mo., Lundy played baseball, basketball and ran cross country as a Pirate. He has two children, J.D. and Kiely.

CaryLundyHead Baseball Coach 7th Season

CARY LUNDY’S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD

HISTORYPark Head Baseball Coach42003-Present

Park Assistant Baseball Coach42000-2002

UMB Bank Ban Johnson Head Coach4Summer months

Cincinnati Reds Organization4Reccommending Scout

PLAYING EXPERIENCEPark University41978-82

POST-SEASONMCAC Tournament Appearances42003-0442004-0542006-07

Region Tournament Appearances42003-0442004-0542006-07

YEAR SCHOOL W L T PCT WORTH NOTING2003 Park University 30 16 0 .652 Best single-season win pct in school history2004 Park University 28 25 0 .528 2nd winning season for Lundy; 4th overall2005 Park University 22 28 0 .440 Only losing season in five as head coach2006 Park University 30 22 1 .575 Ties school record for single-season wins2007 Park University 28 21 0 .571 Program’s 200th win on April 26 vs. OWU2008 Park University 28 19 0 .596 MCAC, Region IV Runners-UpTOTALS (6 SEASONS) 166 130 1 .561 All-time winningest coach at 166 wins

Kevin Scobee Assistant Coach First Season

Kevin Scobee enters his first season as assistant coach for the Park University baseball team, working primarily with Pirate pitchers after pitching two seasons for Park in 2005 and 2006. During his two-year Pirate career, Sco-bee struck out 99 batters in 25 appearances, 22 of which were starts. During his first season, he fanned 55 and

tossed a career-high 62.1 innings. Scobee carried a 5.83 career ERA at Park, and after his playing career, he spent one season assisting the coaching staff at Maple Woods Community College, where he played in 2003 and 2004.


PERSONAL - Michael Barbosa was born Sept. 27 in Independence, Mo., and is the son of Louis and Susan Barbosa…Has one brother, Joe, who pitched at Park and professionally in the Frontier League…Played high school baseball for St. Mary’s High in Independence for coach David Corbin…Also played junior

college baseball at Maple Woods where he made seven appearances in 2008 and tossed 19.2 innings with 18 strike outs…Was also recruit-ed by Avila, William Jewell and Peru State…Off the field, lists the guitar among other hobbies…Is a history major.

Michael Barbosa6’2 • 215 • Jr. • Pitcher • R/R Sugar Creek, Mo. (Maple Woods CC)17

PERSONAL - Ethan Edward Barnett was born March 5 in St. Joseph, Mo., and is the son of Kevin and Michele Barnett…Has one brother, Tyler (16)…Played high school baseball at East Buchanan High School, where he earned all-conference and all-district honors from 2005 to 2007, and in his senior season, was named

an all-state designated hitter…Went on to play junior college base-ball for Valis McLean at Allen County Community College in Iola, Kan.,

where he made 10 appearances for the Red Devils last season, re-cording 21 strike outs and a 3-4 record in 30 innings pitched.

Ethan Barnett6’0 • 215 • So. • Pitcher • L/LGower, Mo. (Allen County CC) 32

PERSONAL - Joseph Pete Christiano was born July 19 in Kansas City, Mo., and is the son of Angelo and Lisa Christiano of Kansas City…Has two siblings, Angelo (18) and Francesca (17)…Played high school baseball for Rock-hurst High School in Kansas City, where he helped the team to a state runner-up finish

in 2004 under head coach Jim Degraw…Also played football for the Hawklets for head coach Tony Severino and was a part of Rockhurst’s 2002 state championship team…Went on to play junior college base-ball at Maple Woods…Was also recruited by Rockhurst, Northwest Missouri State and the University of Central Missouri…Will major in political science at Park.

Joe Christiano6’0 • 185 • Sr. • Pitcher/Outfielder • L/LKansas City, Mo. (Maple Woods CC)30

PERSONAL - Gary Bryan Coggins was born Dec. 16 in Stuttgart, Ark., and is the son of Rosalyn and Billy Coggins…Has two brothers, Dale (24) and Kyle (22)…Played high school baseball for Mountain Home High School in Mountain Home, Ark., for head coach Brad

Bryan Coggins6’2 • 195 • Jr. • Catcher • R/RMountain Home, Ark. (Henderson State) 9

Morris…Was a three-year letterwinner and three-year all-conference performer in high school, and went on to play collegiately at NCAA Division II Henderson State in Arkadelphia…Also earned one high school letter in track and another in football…Played two seasons for the Reddies, appearing in 36 games making 25 starts with a .262 aver-age in 2007…In 2008, hit .216 in 23 games, making 17 starts behind the plate under head coach John Harvey…Also played summer base-ball for the Springfield Generals…Chose Park to compete and be part of a winning program after also being recruited by Arkansas State and Missouri Southern State…Is majoring in social sciences.

PERSONAL - Philip Anthony DeGrace was born Sept. 13 in Kansas City, Mo., and is the son of Phil and Kim DeGrace…Father is a ma-chine tech, mother a registered nurse in Kan-sas City…Has one sibling, Jamie (25)…Played high school baseball at Fort Osage High in Independence for coach Chris Walker…Was a

first-team all-conference player in 2008, appearing in the Mo-Kan All-Star game for Team Missouri…Shares his high school alma mater with current St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols…Also played summer baseball for Hiboy Post 350, where he was selected to the 2008 Holiday Tournament All-Tourney Team in Springfield, Mo.

Philip DeGrace5’10 • 165 • Fr. • Outfielder • R/R Independence, Mo. (Fort Osage HS) 27

RYAN DUEDE’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2008 20-0 0.333 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Tot. 20-0 0.333 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2

2008 - Played in 20 games, appearing as a pinch-runner in 17 and in the field in three games…Stole one base on March 24 against Ozark Christian, his only swipe of the year…Hit .333 with 10 run scored...Eight of his 10 runs came in pinch-

running duties…PERSONAL – Ryan Duede was born De-cember 28 in Des Moines, Iowa, and is the son of Bob and Lisa Duede of Urbandale, Iowa…Has one brother, Austin (18)…Played high school baseball at Urbandale High for coach Denny Barton, where he was an all-con-ference performer and played in the Iowa High School All-Star game in 2005…Went on to play at Johnson County Community College for head coach Kent Shelley, playing in the 2006 and 2007 seasons for the Cavaliers…Was also recruited to play baseball by Grand View Col-lege…Is an accounting major for Park.

Ryan Duede5’10 • 170 • Jr. • Outfielder • L/L Urbandale, Iowa (Johnson County CC) 1


2008 - Appeared in three games, making two starts and tossing 7.1 innings…Ended the abbreviated season with a 13.50 ERA, post-ing five strike outs and walking four with an 0-2 record…2007 – Appeared in 15 games, making five starts with one complete game against the University of Sioux Falls…Struck

out 26 batters and walked 22, compiling a 3-3 record in 50.1 innings pitched…Posted a 3.40 ERA and had four games of four strike outs or more…Struck out five batters against Sioux Falls and against Central Christian...Also had three at bats on the year, scoring two runs while going without a base hit…PERSONAL – Enrique “Kiki” Fuentes was born Dec. 14 in Tucson, Ariz., and is the son of Enrique and Sandra Henriques...Has three siblings…Played high school baseball at Tucson’s Mountain View High School, playing for head coach Blair Helig…Was second-team all-conference as a junior and senior for the Mountain Lions and earned honorable mention honors as a sophomore…Played with teammates Jesse Kearns and Nick Kouratou in high school and in junior college at Pima Community College…Also played with teammates Jeff Hall, Josh Hake and former Pirate Chris Luera while playing baseball for the Aztecs and head coach Edgar Soto…Played for Team UMB in the Ban Johnson League…Chose Park after being recruited by Grand Canyon University and Colorado-State Pueblo…Is majoring in ac-counting and cites the size of Kansas City as an attraction to Park University.

Kiki Fuentes6’0 • 215 • Sr. • Pitcher • R/R Tucson, Ariz. (Pima CC) 22

KIKI FUENTES’ CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2007 18-6 0.000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02008 - - - - - - - NO PLATE APPEARANCES - - - - - - - -Tot. 18-6 0.000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

KIKI FUENTES’ CAREER PITCHING STATISTICSYear ERA W L GP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP BK SFA SHA2007 3.40 3 3 15 5 1 0 0 1 50.1 52 29 19 22 26 5 1 2 4 6 0 1 42008 13.50 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 7.1 18 12 11 4 5 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1Tot. 4.68 3 5 18 7 1 0 0 1 57.2 70 41 30 26 31 7 1 4 5 8 0 1 5

JUSTIN GAMBILL’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2008 8-4 0.250 12 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 0.250 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0Tot. 8-4 0.250 12 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 0.250 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0

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2008 - Played in eight games, making four starts in the outfield while batting .250 in 12 at bats…Scored two runs and had two RBIs…Ended the year with one put out and a 1.000 fielding percentage...Had hits against Sioux Falls, Central Christian and Ozark Christian, with RBIs against USF and CCC…PERSONAL –

Justin Lee Gambill was born Sept. 30 in Jonesboro, Ark., and is the son of David and Sandra Gambill…Has two

siblings…Is majoring in accounting and chose Park for its baseball program after also being recruited by Wil-

liams Baptist and Arkansas Tech…Played high school baseball for Mark Dobson at Jonesboro High School, where he was a teammate of current Arkansas State outfielder Derrick Coleman…Team was a three-time conference champion and finished as state runner-up one time in his high school career…Went on to

play junior college baseball at North Arkansas Col-lege.

Justin Gambill5’11 • 155 • Sr. • Outfielder • R/R Jonesboro, Ark. (North Arkansas) 4

PERSONAL – Dennis Eric Goodline was born March 6 in California...Parents are Dee and Dennis Goodline...Father works in sales...Has three siblings - one brother and two sis-ters...Attended North Monterey County High School and played baseball...Went on to at-tend Gavilan Junior College and Babrillo Col-

lege before playing baseball at Santa Rosa Junior College during the 2008 season...Is expected to play first base and pitch for the Pirates, as well as serve as one of the team’s designated hitters...Is majoring in athletic training at Park.

Eric Goodline6’4 • 250 • Jr. • Pitcher/Infielder • R/R Monterey, Calif. (Santa Rosa CC) 34


2008 - Played in 41 games, making 41 starts while transitioning from middle infield and outfield to third base for the Pirates…Hit .268 with four doubles and 21 RBIs…Scored 22 runs with a .301 slugging percentage and posted a .379 on-base percentage in 148 total plate ap-pearances…Walked 15 times and was hit by

10 pitches on the year…Had 30 put outs and 58 assists in the field…4-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs and two runs scored against Peru State on March 29…3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs against Central Methodist…2007 – Played in 40 games with 40 starts, splitting time between the outfield and second base…Hit .300 with eight doubles, two home runs and 20- RBIs…Scored 34 runs…Homered twice in con-

ference play, hitting his first against Central Christian with another against Peru State…Went 3-for-4 at York on April

22, driving in two runs and scoring one…2-for-3 with a homer, two RBIs and two runs scored on April 29 against

Peru State…PERSONAL – Brett Patrick Gordon is the son of Michael Gordon and Leslie Gordon and was born

in Lincoln, Neb., on July 27…Has three siblings, Eric (27), Alex (24) and Derek (17)…Oldest broth-er, Eric, played baseball for Nebraska-Omaha…Father played collegiate baseball at Nebraska and grandfather was the long-time head coach at Lincoln Southeast High School, where Gordon played his high school baseball…Older brother

Alex was an All-American at Nebraska before being selected second overall by the Kansas City Royals in 2005…High school coach was

Randy Brohlhorst at Lincoln Southeast, where his younger brother, Derek, cur-

rently plays…Was an Academic All-State performer and also played football for the

Knights under head coach Chuck Mitz-ierski…Played junior college baseball

for Independence Community Col-lege under head coach Jon Olson...

Was also recruited by Nebraska-Omaha and Peru State…Chose

Park because he liked the coaching staff and style of

baseball, and is majoring in marketing and busi-

ness management.

Brett Gordon6’3 • 205 • Sr. • Infielder • R/R Lincoln, Neb. (Independence CC) 5

BRETT GORDON’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2007 39-39 0.306 108 35 33 8 0 2 19 47 0.435 11 10 17 2 2 2 3 32008 41-41 0.268 123 26 33 4 0 0 21 37 0.301 15 10 16 0 5 1 0 0Tot. 80-80 0.286 231 61 66 12 0 2 40 84 0.364 26 20 33 2 7 3 3 3

JOSH HAKE’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICSYear ERA W L GP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP BK SFA SHA2008 2.64 9 0 11 9 4 0 0 0 61.1 37 22 18 26 84 2 2 1 2 11 0 2 3Tot. 2.64 9 0 11 9 4 0 0 0 61.1 37 22 18 26 84 2 2 1 2 11 0 2 3

JEFF HALL’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICSYear ERA W L GP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP BK SFA SHA2008 4.67 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 1 17.1 22 14 9 8 16 4 3 0 3 3 0 2 0Tot. 4.67 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 1 17.1 22 14 9 8 16 4 3 0 3 3 0 2 0

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2008 - Made 11 appearances and nine starts as a junior, compiling a 2.64 ERA and a 9-0 re-cord on the way to being named MCAC Pitch-er of the Year and First-Team All-NAIA Region IV…Tossed four complete games and had three shut-outs, striking out 84 batters and giving up 22 runs, 18 of which were earned…

Allowed batters a .171 batting average and 26 walks in 61.1 innings pitched…Tossed a one-hit shut-out with 11 strike outs against York

on March 14 and shut out Central Christian in his next appearance, allowing the Ti-

gers two hits with 17 strike outs…Struck out 13 without a decision on April 5 against College of the Ozarks…Pitched eight shut-out innings against

C of O to get his eighth win of the sea-son in the MCAC tournament on May 1…Was drafted in the 50th round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft in June by the Philadelphia Phillies…PERSONAL – Joshua David Hake was born March 3 in

Tucson, Ariz., and is the son of Kristi Hake and David Hake…Has one sibling, Kylie

(16)…Chose Park after being recruited by Arizona, Arizona State, New Mexico, Troy,

Mesa State, Colorado State-Pueblo and Wayland Baptist…Played high school

baseball at Santa Rita High School for Eagles’ head coach Dan Moore…Was first-team all-city in Tucson and sec-

ond-team all-state as a senior…Went on to play at Pima Community College with teammates Kiki Fuentes, Jesse Kearns, Nick Kouratou, Jeff Hall and former Pirate Chris Luera…Junior college coach was Edgar Soto…Is majoring in communication theory.

Josh Hake6’0 • 220 • Sr. • Pitcher • R/R Tucson, Ariz. (Pima CC) 7

2008 - Began the season with expectations to play both in the field and out of the bullpen, but quickly transitioned to full-time pitching duties after making one appearance behind the plate…Made 12 relief appearances, toss-ing 17.1 innings with 16 strike outs and a .293 opponent batting average…Recorded

one save and compiled a 4.67 ERA with an 0-2 record…Struck out

Jeff Hall6’5 • 232 • Jr. • Pitcher • R/R Tucson, Ariz. (Pima CC) 23


three batters in his pitching debut early in the sea-son against Sioux Falls and had four strike outs in the Region IV tournament against Bellevue…Made one start behind the plate, striking out in his only

plate appearance of the year…PERSONAL – Jef-frey Scott Hall was born Feb. 10 in Tucson, Ariz.,

and is the son of Marilyn and Richard Hall…Father played football at UCLA from 1973

to 1975 and is currently an official in the National Football League…Mother is a

flight attendant for Southwest Airlines…Has two siblings, Matthew (28) and Brian (24)…Was also recruited by Wayland

Baptist for baseball and by Rutgers and Army to play football…Played high school

baseball for Jim Mentz at Palo Verde Magnet School, earning first-team preseason honors

in 2005 as well as all-city honors in 2004…Was a teammate of Collin Murphy, who currently plays at North Alabama, and shares his high school alma mater with television personality Brooke Burke…Played junior college baseball at Pima Communi-

ty college along with teammates Josh Hake, Jesse Kearns, Nick Kouratou, Kiki Fuentes and former Pi-

rate Chris Luera…Also played baseball with current Pirate Scott Tatro prior to coming to Park…Is major-ing in broadcast journalism, and this fall, created a

documentary on the Park men’s basketball team.

KYLE IVERSON’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICSYear ERA W L GP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP BK SFA SHA2007 13.50 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 02008 9.82 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 1 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0Tot. 11.12 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 5 7 7 2 1 1 1 0 1 9 0 2 0

JESSE KEARNS’ CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2008 43-40 0.314 137 28 43 10 1 5 36 70 0.511 9 6 23 2 1 3 8 8Tot. 43-40 0.314 137 28 43 10 1 5 36 70 0.511 9 6 23 2 1 3 8 8

NICK KOURATOU’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2008 42-42 0.404 146 35 59 6 1 2 42 73 0.500 19 4 18 3 3 1 2 2Tot. 42-42 0.404 146 35 59 6 1 2 42 73 0.500 19 4 18 3 3 1 2 2

2008 - Played in 43 games and made 40 starts, batting .314 and tying for the team lead with five home runs…Drove in 36 runs and scored 28…Had 10 doubles and one triple…Made two outfield assists and had 53 put outs…Recorded only one error in the outfield and posted a .982 fielding percentage, which was

best among all MCAC outfielders for the 2008 season…Recorded 13 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games…Drove in four runs in a sin-gle game on three separate occasions and had five RBIs in one game

against Oklahoma Wesleyan…PERSONAL – Jesse Ray Kearns was born Feb. 18 in Tucson, Ariz., and

is the son of Terry and Shirley Kearns…Has two siblings…Played high school baseball with

teammates Kiki Fuentes and Nick Kouratou at Mountain View High School in Tucson…Went on to play at Pima Community Col-

lege for one season before trans-ferring to Park…Is majoring in

business marketing.

Jesse Kearns6’2 • 205 • Jr. • Outfielder • R/R Tucson, Ariz. (Pima CC) 26

2008 - Appeared in three games, tossing 3.2 innings with a 9.82 ERA and no decisions…Allowed only one hit and had one strike out in facing 20 batters…Posted a .100 opponent batting average and walked two…Posted his only strike out of the year against Ozark Chris-tian…2007 – Appeared twice, posting a 9.00

ERA in two innings pitched and no decisions…Gave up three runs, all earned…PERSONAL – Kyle Drake Iverson is the son of Cory and Cindy Iverson…Was born March 23 in Des Moines, Iowa, and grew up in Shawnee, Kan., attending Shawnee Mission Northwest High School...Helped the Cougars finish third in Kansas Class 6A as a senior, graduat-ing in 2005…Shares his high school alma mater with Ryan Lilja (Kansas State) and Ryan Torain (Arizona State), of the National Football League, as well as University of Kansas linebacker Mike Rivera…Also played junior college baseball for Independence Community College…Was also recruited by Bellevue, MidAmerica Nazarene, Baker and Truman State…Is majoring in marketing and chose Park University for its loca-tion and baseball program.

Kyle Iverson6’3 • 170 • Jr. • Pitcher • R/R Shawnee, Kan. (Independence CC) 2 2008 - Earned All-

MCAC and All-Region honors after starting and playing in 42 games with a .404 batting average…Hit two home runs, had one tri-ple and posted six doubles…

Scored 35 runs and had 39 RBIs, collecting the team’s second-best total bases figure at 81…Also stole two bases in two tries and earned 23 free passes after draw-ing 19 walks and being hit by four pitches…Finished with a .930 fielding percengage, making 96 infield assists and 51 put-outs…Went 4-for-5 at Central Methodist, driving in and scoring two runs…Drove in four in the MCAC tournament opener against College of the Ozarks and against Bellevue, had five RBIs with a grand slam in a 4-for-6 day at the plate…Collected 18 multi-hit games and had 12 multiple-RBI games…PER-SONAL – Nicholas Michael Kouratou was born Aug. 5 in Tucson, Ariz., and is the son of Pete Kouratou, a retired po-lice officer in Tucson…Has one sibling, Marisa (16)…Played

Nick Kouratou6’3 • 205 • Sr. • Infielder • R/R Tucson, Ariz. (Pima CC) 25


high school baseball for Mountain View High School with teammates Kiki Fuentes and Jesse Kearns…Played junior college baseball for Pima Community College in Tucson…Was also recruited by North Alabama and is majoring in Psychology at Park.

PERSONAL – Matt Lackner was born Dec. 19 in Kansas City, Kan., and is the son of Lori and Mike Lackner...Has one sister, Ashley (24)...Played high school baseball at Turner High School in Kansas City, Kan., and went on to play junior college baseball at Maple Woods Com-munity College... Made eight starts for Maple

Woods last year with 53 innings pitched and a 4.08 ERA...Gave up 24 runs in posting a 4-4 record on the mound, producing a better-than 4-to-1 strike outs-to-walks ratio by fanning 42 batters and allowing 10 bases on balls...Began the 2008-09 school year at Alabama-Huntsville, transfering after the fall semester...Is a business administration major.

Matt Lackner6’4 • 210 • Jr. • Pitcher • R/R Kansas City, Kan. (Alabama-Huntsville)19

2008 - Played in 14 games with nine starts for the Pirates, making seven appearances in the field and seven on the mound with three pitching starts…Hit .115 with

an RBI and a double…Posted a 7.23 ERA and an 0-1 record on the bump, pitching 18.2 innings with 11 strike outs…2007 – Played in 48 games, making 48 starts as the team’s primary shortstop…Batted .252 with 32 runs driven in and scored 31 runs on 33 hits…Hit six home runs, 14 doubles and one tri-ple…Had five RBIs and scored three runs early in the season against Ottawa, hitting two home runs in the game…Had three RBIs against Rogers State…Made three pitching appearances, striking out eight batters, including six in a five-inning shut-out of Peru State…Had a 5.84 ERA and posted 12.1 innings pitched…PERSONAL – Dustin Laird is a native of Springville,

Dustin Laird6’0 • 190 • Sr. • Infielder/Pitcher • R/R Springville, Utah (Dawson CC) 3

DUSTIN LAIRD’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2007 47-47 0.248 129 30 32 13 1 6 32 65 0.504 14 8 27 1 4 0 7 72008 20-12 0.115 26 4 3 1 0 0 1 4 0.154 3 1 12 0 0 1 1 1Tot. 67-59 0.226 155 34 35 14 1 6 33 69 0.445 17 9 39 1 4 1 8 8

DUSTIN LAIRD’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICSYear ERA W L GP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP BK SFA SHA2007 5.84 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 12.1 15 10 8 3 8 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 02008 7.23 0 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 18.2 30 22 15 9 11 6 0 3 4 6 0 0 3Tot. 6.68 2 1 10 6 1 1 0 0 31.0 45 32 23 12 19 7 0 4 6 8 0 0 3

JOHN LANGE’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2008 7-1 0.667 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 4 1.333 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2Tot. 7-1 0.667 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 4 1.333 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2

Utah, and played junior college baseball at Dawson Community Col-lege in Glendive, Mont., where he pitched and played shortstop…Will wear No. 3 this season after wearing No. 23 in 2008 and No. 8 in 2007.

2008 - Played in seven games with one start, posting a .667 average in three at bats and four total plate appearances…Had both of his hits in his only start of the year, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored against Ozark Christian…

Ended the year with four runs scored and a stolen base…PERSONAL – John Kyle Lange is the son of Con-nie Moor and Jack Lange…Born in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Dec. 8…Played high school baseball at Fort Wayne Northrop High School for head coach Rob Milledge where he was honorable mention in baseball…Also played basketball for the Bruins where he was the assist leader for three years under head coach Greg Peden…Basketball team was sec-tional champions…Shares his high school alma mater with current Cleveland Indians’ manager and former Wichita State baseball player Eric Wedge, as well as Penn State foot-ball player Josh Gaines…Played junior college baseball for Glen Oaks Community College in Centerville, Mich., where he earned academic all-conference honors…Chose Park Uni-versity over Morehead State…Is majoring in social sciences and chose Park for the opportunity to learn to become a basketball coach under Park’s Jason Kline, a Fort Wayne native.

John Lange5’11 • 165 • Sr. • Outfielder • L/L Fort Wayne, Ind. (Glen Oaks CC) 8

2008 - Sat out the 2008 season as a red shirt…PERSONAL – Cody Lewis McCoy was born Jan. 28 in Kansas City, Kan., and is the son of Don and Kelli McCoy of Basehor…Has one broth-er, Ross, who was a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete for the Pirate baseball team…Played high school baseball at Basehor-Linwood

High School for head coach David Svoboda where he was an All-Kaw Valley League first baseman, as well as an All-Metro first baseman in Kansas City…Chose Park University for its baseball program after also considering Ottawa…Enjoys hunting and fishing away from the field, and is majoring in social studies.

Cody McCoy6’3 • 265 • Fr. • Pitcher • R/R Basehor, Kan. (Basehor-Linwood HS)31


PERSONAL – Derek Robert McGowan was born on June 6, 1990 to Dwight and Janet McGowan in Kansas City, Mo…Graduated from Raytown South High School in 2008…Named first team All-Conference four times and three time All-Area selection…Left the Cardinals with the lowest ERA and most wins

in school history…Also recruited by MidAmerica Nazarene, Avila Uni-versity, Maple Woods Community College, Missouri Western State, Northwest Missouri State, University of Michigan, Clemson, Fresno State and Mesa Community College…Chose Park for a great educa-tion and great baseball program...Majoring in Business Administra-tion/Finance…Enjoys working out, hanging out with friends and play-ing baseball…Nicknamed Rook.

Derek McGowan6’3 • 215 • Fr. • Pitcher • R/R Raytown, Mo. (Raytown South HS)29

2008 - Made four appearances on the mound without a decision, making one start and pitching five innings with a 5.40 ERA…Posted four strike outs, all against Ozark Christian Col-lege…2007 – Appeared in nine games with three starts, posting a 1-1 record with 23.2 in-nings pitched…Struck out 15, including five

against Baker and a career-high six in conference play against Central Christian…Allowed opponents to bat .327, giving up 20 runs, 16 of which were earned…Has allowed 11 career walks, including seven in 2007…PERSONAL – Gabriel Alexis Perez was born July 14 in Chicago, Ill., and is the son of Jose and Elizabeth Perez…Attended Roberto Cle-mente High School in Chicago, helping the Wildcats to conference, regional and city championships…Also carried a 3.5 GPA and was part of the school’s honors program…Chose Park University over Illinois-Chicago and North Park University…Is majoring in business manage-ment.

Gabe Perez6’3 • 195 • Jr. • Pitcher • R/R Chicago, Ill. (Roberto Clemente HS)13

PERSONAL – Jeffrey Scott Miser was born on March 10, 1989 to Marcia and Daryl Miser in Houston, Texas…Has one older sister, Jill (21)…Played one season at NCAA Division II Northwest Missouri State…Enjoys reading and working out…Attended Park Hill South High School, graduating in May of 2007…Was

a three-year starter for the Panthers at five different positions…Accu-mulated a .300 career batting average and is fifth all-time in doubles at Park Hill South…Majoring in Criminal Justice.

Jeff Miser5’10 • 165 • Fr. • Utility • S/R Kansas City, Mo. (Northwest Missouri St.)21

PERSONAL – Michael Chiemeka Onwumere was born on May 26, 1988 to Barbara and John in Toronto, Ontario, Canada…Has two younger brothers, Matthew (16) and Mark (10)…Majoring in Business/Finance…Favorite hobbies

include playing baseball, basketball and football…Chose Park for its Baseball program and strong academics…Cousin Cory Grant played in the CFL for six years…Played two seasons at Cochise Junior Col-lege in Douglas, Arizona…Led by coach Kevin Kouzmanoff, the Apache’s won first-place in the ACAC Conference in 2007…Also recruited by Kansas Wesleyan.

Michael Onwumere6’2 • 210 • Jr. • Outfielder • R/R Toronto, Ontario (Cochise CC) 24

GABE PEREZ’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICSYear ERA W L GP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP BK SFA SHA2007 6.35 1 1 8 3 1 0 0 0 22.2 34 20 16 6 13 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 42008 5.40 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Tot. 6.18 1 1 12 4 1 0 0 0 27.2 38 24 19 10 17 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 4

PETE PETERS’ CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2008 46-46 0.373 134 39 50 13 1 2 28 71 0.530 18 4 18 1 1 3 4 6Tot. 46-46 0.373 134 39 50 13 1 2 28 71 0.530 18 4 18 1 1 3 4 6

2008 - A First-Team All-MCAC performer, played in 46 games making 46 starts at sec-ond base, batting .373 with 13 doubles, a triple and two home runs…Scored 39 runs on the season and drove in 28…Was 4-of-6 on the basepath and posted a .459 on-base per-centage…In the field, compiled a .965 fielding

percentage and had 87 infield assists to go with 79 put-outs…Hit his first home run of the season on opening day, a solo

shot in Park’s win over Sioux Falls…Homered later in the season against Bellevue, finishing the day 2-for-4 with three runs scored and five RBIs…Also drove in three against Peru State and had posted two RBIs in five games…PERSONAL – Pete Emil Peters was

Pete Peters5’9 • 175 • Sr. • Infielder • R/R Kansas City, Mo. (Maple Woods CC)10

PERSONAL – Trevor Michael Pearson was born on September 23, 1986 to Mike and Nancy Pearson in Richmond, Mo…Pitched two seasons at Maple Woods Community College before coming to Park…Majoring in Business Marketing/Finance...Graduated from Richmond High School in 2005…Played un-

der coach Brandon Quick for the Spartans…Was a two-time All-Con-ference Pitcher at Richmond…Also recruited by Union University and Northwest Missouri State.

Trevor Pearson5’11 • 190 • Jr. • Pitcher • L/L Richmond, Mo. (Maple Woods CC) 42


JAKE RUSSELL’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICSYear ERA W L GP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP BK SFA SHA2006 1.91 3 2 16 1 0 0 1 3 33.0 24 8 7 7 24 6 0 1 1 6 0 0 62007 - - - - - - - - - MEDICAL REDSHIRT - - - - - - - - - -2008 2.84 2 2 9 2 0 0 0 2 19.0 11 7 6 5 20 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1Tot. 2.25 5 4 25 3 0 0 1 5 52.0 35 15 13 12 44 8 0 1 1 10 0 0 7

PERSONAL – Travis Reuter was born Sept. 16 in Kansas City...Parents are Gary and Darlene Reuter...Father is a dentist in the Kansas City area...Played high school baseball for Win-netonka High School, where he played with Kansas City Royals prospect Nick Van Strat-ten...Played junior college baseball at Maple

Woods Community College before attending Northwest Missouri State University during the fall semester...Will major in graphic design at Park.

Travis Reuter6’4 • 235 • Jr. • Pitcher/Infielder • R/R Kansas City, Mo. (Northwest Missouri St.) 35

2008 – Made nine appearances and two starts, posting a 2-2 record with a 2.84 ERA in 19 innings pitched…Also recorded two saves and was part of one team shut-out…Struck out 20 batters on the year and gave up seven runs, six of which were earned…Surrendered only five bases-on-

balls…Made his first appearance of the season against Ozark Chris-tian in relief, pitching three innings with six strike outs…Also struck out four at Peru State to earn his first save and made starts against William Jewell and Oklahoma Wesleyan…2007 – Sat out the 2007 season as a redshirt…2006 – Appeared in 16 games and made one start, going 3-2 with a 1.91 ERA and 24 strike outs…Pitched 33 innings and had three saves while combining on one shut-out…Struck out four against Bellevue on May 4 and pitched a career-high six innings against Graceland in March…PERSONAL – Jacob Robert Russell was born Aug. 15 in Topeka, Kan., and is the son of Bob and Rosie Russell of Kansas City…Was also recruited by Longview Community College and chose Park because of its location…Played high school baseball at North Kansas City High School where he was the Hornets’ 2003 Var-sity Pitcher of the Year…Earned all-conference honors on the mound and at first base in 2005, and in 2004, helped the team to a conference title…Is majoring in biology.

Jake Russell6’3 • 200 • Jr. • Pitcher • R/R Kansas City, Mo. (North Kansas City HS)11

born Jan. 12 in Kansas City, Mo., and is the son of Larry Peters and Maria Campos…Has one sibling, Kyle (17)…Played high school base-ball at Winnetonka High School, helping the Griffins to a conference title in 2005…Was first-team all conference at second base in 2004 and at shortstop in 2005, as well as earning all-conference on the mound both seasons as well…Was a high school teammate of Nick Van Stratten, who was a 10th-round selection of the Kansas City Roy-als in 2006…Was a four-year baseball letterwinner at Winnetonka…Went on to play junior college baseball at Maple Woods, helping the team to a pair of regional runner-up distinctions in 2006 and 2007…Junior college coach was Marty Kilgore…Was a Ban Johnson League All-Star in 2007…Chose Park over Southern Arkansas, William Jewel and Benedictine for the school’s baseball program and friendly envi-ronment…Is majoring in computer science.

2008 - Darian Sanford was born on April 28, 1987 to Joan and Clifford Sandford…Came to Park University after a two-year stint at Flo Val-ley Community College in St. Louis, Mo…Led the nation in stolen bases with 58 in 2008…Awarded Team MVP and Newcomer of the Year at Flo Valley, along with Honorable-Men-

tion All-American selection…Also recruited by Florida International, Avila University, Bethune-Cookman, University of Missouri, Temple University, Saint Louis University and Boston College…Hobbies in-clude playing football and basketball…Plans to major in Communica-tions…Nicknamed “Primetime”…Graduated from Cardinal Ritter High School in 2005…Named team MVP and League Co-Player of the Year at Cardinal Ritter…Spent time volunteering at the Peter and Paul Soup Kitchen in St. Louis, Mo.

15Darian Sandford5’9 • 175 • Jr. • Outfielder • S/R St. Louis, Mo. (Florrisant Valley CC)


PERSONAL – Adam Bond Shupe was born March 4 in Ankeny, Iowa…Parents are Kyle and Dennice Shupe…Has one sister, Kaci…Plans to major in communications after trans-ferring to Park prior to the 2009 season…Played in 2008 for Bellevue University, help-ing the Bruins to the 2008 Avista-NAIA World

Series and a No. 6 national ranking by appearing in 53 games with 15 starts, batting .290 with 23 runs driven in…Hit four home runs for the Bruins and added five doubles…Also scored eight runs and walked 15 times…Played high school baseball at Ankeny High School for head coach Mark Hey…Team finished as Iowa’s state runner-up in 2005…Earned All-CIML for the Hawks and off the field, was involved with the school’s student-newspaper, The Talon as well as student council.

Adam Shupe6’4 • 220 • Sr. • Catcher/Infielder • R/R Ankeny, Iowa (bellevue) 44

2008 – Made 33 starts and played in 45 games, batting .278 with six doubles, three triples and two home runs…Drove in 22 runs and scored a team-high 48…Stole four bases

on the season and walked 22 times with a .408 on-base percentage…Homered against Saint Mary on April 1 and again on April 18 at Oklahoma Wesleyan…Nearly missed a grand slam in Park’s season-opening series, bouncing a bases-clearing triple off the top of the cen-ter-field wall against Sioux Falls…Finished the game with four RBIs and later posted four more RBIs against Central Christian…Was 3-for-5 with two runs scored in the NAIA Region IV Tournament against Bethany…2007 – Hit .299 in 47 games, making 46 starts with 20 RBIs and 34 runs scored…Had eight dou-bles, two triples and two home runs and posted a .424 on-base percentage…Had three hits against Rogers State on March 14 and again on April 14 against Oklahoma Wesleyan…2006 – Played in 47 games and made 42 starts, hitting .239 with nine doubles and a triple…Had 18 RBIs and posted a .319 on-base percent-age…PERSONAL – Ryan Mitchell Weedin was born Feb. 19 in Jef-ferson City, Mo., and is the son of Melvin and Judy Weedin of Platte City…Has two sisters, Jennifer and Kelsey…Began his colle-giate athletics career at the University of Central Mis-souri as a defensive back for UCM in 2004, helping the Mules go 8-4 on the year…Played both baseball and football at Platte County High School, winning four state titles in two different sports...Was a three-time all-state safety for the Pirate football program, earning three all-state distinc-tions on the gridiron while helping the team to three state champi-onships…Also won the 2002 state baseball championship and was a two-time all-state outfielder…Was a high school teammate of former Park pitcher and current Southern Illinois Miner Bo Prather…Is major-ing in biology and was also recruited by Benedictine and Kansas.

Ryan Weedin6’2 • 205 • Sr. • Outfielder • L/L Platte City, Mo. (Central Missouri)18

ryan weedin’s CAREER BATTING STATISTICSYear GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP SF SH SB SBA2006 47-42 0.239 138 26 33 9 1 0 18 44 0.319 21 1 25 2 1 3 3 52007 46-45 0.293 140 33 41 6 2 2 19 57 0.407 25 4 20 1 1 3 10 112008 45-33 0.278 115 48 32 6 3 2 22 50 0.435 22 4 20 0 1 2 4 4Tot. 138-120 393 107 106 21 6 2 59 151 68 9 65 3 3 8 17 20

PERSONAL – Corey Lee Stafford was born on February 22, 1988…Son of Patti Stafford…Majoring in Liberal Studies…Enjoys listening to music, playing basketball and watching T.V…Also recruited by Lindenwood Univer-sity, Concordia University and Judson Uni-versity…Attended Hazelwood Central High

School in Florissant, Mo…Played baseball under coaches Tim Williams and Cliff Brandon…Helped lead the Hawks to State Runners-up and was Co-MVP of the 2006 State Championship game…Was a National Honor Roll recipient…Notable classmates at Hazelwood Central in-clude James Aldridge, a running back at the University of Notre Dame and Alex Tyus, a forward on the University of Florida’s men’s basketball team…Also played two seasons for the Southwestern Illinois College baseball team in Belleville, Ill.

Corey Stafford6’3 • 235 • Sr. • Pitcher • R/R St. Louis, Mo. (Southwestern Illinois)33

PERSONAL – Linwood Scott Tatro was born on August 22, 1987 to Mick and Holly Tatro…Attended Santa Rita High School in Tucson, Ariz., where he graduated with honors and was awarded Second team All-Region...Played baseball under the direction of Dan Moore and Rodney Gaines...Will look to play many

positions for Park including, catcher, second base, third base and the outfield...Is undecided on a major.

Scott Tatro5’11 • 184 • So. • Infeilder • R/R Tucson, Ariz. (Pima CC) 20


2008 PARK BASEBALL SEASON REVIEW

The Park University baseball team turned in one of its most suc-cessful seasons in school history in 2008 despite playing only 47 games with an overall record of 29-18, just one win shy of

tying a school-record 30 victories. The Pirates played in both the MCAC and NAIA Region IV cham-pionship contests, falling in both to Avista-NAIA World Series Qualifier Bellevue University, who spent most of the 2008 season in the NAIA Top 10. Park picked its season up after a 4-5 start with an 11-game win-ning streak in March, going from March 14 to March 29 with 11-straight wins, beginning in game two of a four-game series against York Col-lege that saw the Pirates take 3-of-4. The streak came to an end in conference play, as well, as the Pi-rates dropped the fourth game of a four-game set at Peru State Col-lege, taking 3-of-4 from the Bobcats. From the beginning of the series with York to the end of the Peru State series, Park went 10-2 in con-ference games and finished the year 15-9 in the MCAC. Late in the year, Park went on another winning streak, be-ginning with a four-game sweep of Oklahoma Wesleyan April 18-19 and lasting until the MCAC tournament when the Pirates knocked off Bellevue 12-10 at Omaha’s Westgate Field. Park started the conference tourney with a win over College of the Ozarks and Bellevue be-fore losing two to the Bruins for the conference tournament championship. A week later, in Hutchinson, Kan., Park barreled through three-straight KCAC opponents on the way to the region championship game, beating Friends, Kansas Wesleyan and Bethany all by five runs each. The Pirates then took on Bellevue for the NAIA Region IV title and fell twice to the Bruins, ending the season 11 games over .500. At home during the 2008 season, Park was 16-8, in-cluding an 8-4 mark in confer-ence play at Comfort Field, and 10 runs seemed to be the magic num-ber for the Pirates, who were 13-2 on the season when scoring at least 10 runs in a game. The same could be said for leading after the sixth inning, where the Pi-rates were

20-2 on the year, and Park made its mark in the third and fourth in-nings during the season, scoring 61 third-inning runs and a team-best 65 during the fourth inning of the 2008 season. Ryan Fawks finished as the team’s top bat for average, hitting .416 with a team-high 44 RBIs, and the senior first-baseman stepped up in conference play to hit .443 with 26 runs driven in. Chris Luera hit .405 with five home runs last year, which tied for the team lead, and he drove in 39 RBIs with a .475 batting average dur-ing the MCAC schedule. On the mound, Luera was 7-3 with a 4.02 ERA and 62 strike outs in 56 innings pitched. Nick Kouratou hit .404 on the year with 42 RBIs, while Jesse Kearns and Chris Evans each hit five home runs to tie for the team lead and Ryan Weedin scored a team-best 48 runs. Second baseman Pete Peters was next in line for runs scored with 39, and he batted .373 on the season.

Josh Hake was the team’s top pitcher in 2008, tossing 61.1 innings with a team-leading 84 strike outs, which

ranked in the NAIA’s top five nationally. Hake was 9-0 on the year with a 2.64 ERA and in June, he was

taken by the Philadelphia

Phillies in the Ma-

jor League Baseball First-

Year Player Draft. Bo Prather was Park’s

third staple in the pitching rotation, going 55.1 innings

last season with 41 strike outs and a 5.69 ERA, and Vince Ortega

split time between the bullpen and the starting rotation, collecting four

saves early in the year before earning six starts late. Ortega had a 5.70 ERA in 14 appearances, striking out

38 batters on the year. Jake Russell, Jeff Hall, John Angell and Brad Lewandowski also recorded saves last season for the Pirates.

2008 Senior Class (Left to Right): Chris Evans, Ryan Fawks, Chris Luera, Jake Moore, Bo Prather, Brandon Skelton.

Nick Kouratou started in 42 games at shortstop for park, hitting .404 with 39 RBIs, six doubles, a triple and two home runs.


Date Opponent Result Inn. Record (MCAC) Park Pitcher Att. Time March 1 Sioux Falls ^ W, 12-2 5 1-0 (0-0) Prather (1-0) - 1:50 March 1 Sioux Falls ^ W, 12-7 7 2-0 (0-0) Hake (1-0) 113 2:30 March 2 Sioux Falls ^ W, 12-2 5 3-0 (0-0) Luera (1-0) - 2:00 March 2 Sioux Falls ^ L, 6-15 7 3-1 (0-0) Fuentes (0-1) 107 2:24 March 10 at Central Methodist W, 11-1 7 4-1 (0-0) Prather (2-0) - 2:29 March 10 at Central Methodist L, 6-7 7 4-2 (0-0) Luera (1-1) 101 2:45 March 12 Central Methodist L, 11-12 7 4-3 (0-0) Hall (0-1) - 2:23 March 12 Central Methodist L, 3-7 7 4-4 (0-0) Fuentes (0-2) 131 1:57 March 14 York * L, 6-8 7 4-5 (0-1) Prather (2-1) - 2:16 March 14 York * W, 7-0 7 5-5 (1-1) Hake (2-0) 102 1:48 March 16 York * W, 5-4 7 6-5 (2-1) Luera (2-1) - 2:19 March 16 York * W, 10-2 7 7-5 (3-1) Ortega (1-0) 93 1:51 March 21 Central Christian * W, 13-3 6 8-5 (4-1) Prather (3-1) - 1:31 March 21 Central Christian * W, 7-0 7 9-5 (5-1) Hake (3-0) 122 1:46 March 22 Central Christian * W, 3-2 7 10-5 (6-1) Luera (3-1) - 1:42 March 22 Central Christian * W, 10-0 5 11-5 (7-1) Ortega (2-0) 114 1:25 March 24 Ozark Christian W, 6-1 7 12-5 (7-1) Russell (1-0) 67 1:38 March 28 at Peru State * W, 7-1 (8) 13-5 (8-1) Prather (4-1) - 2:20 March 28 at Peru State * W, 14-1 6 14-5 (9-1) Hake (4-0) 100 2:15 March 29 at Peru State * W, 10-4 7 15-5 (10-1) Luera (4-1) - 2:20 March 29 at Peru State * L, 5-8 7 15-6 (10-2) Ortega (3-1) 101 2:06 April 1 Saint Mary W, 3-2 7 16-6 (10-2) Angell (1-0) - 2:25 April 1 Saint Mary W, 4-3 (9) 17-6 (10-2) Garcia (1-0) 120 2:21 April 5 at Ozarks * L, 2-8 7 17-7 (10-3) Prather (4-2) - 2:05 April 5 at Ozarks * L, 7-8 (9) 17-8 (10-4) Russell (1-1) 156 2:00 April 6 at Ozarks * L, 2-11 7 17-9 (10-5) Luera (4-2) - 2:00 April 6 at Ozarks * L, 7-8 (8) 17-10 (10-6) Hall (1-2) 149 2:30 April 9 William Jewell L, 3-7 9 17-11 (10-6) Russell (1-2) 93 2:40 April 14 Bellevue * L, 8-10 7 17-12 (10-7) Prather (4-3) - 2:59 April 14 Bellevue * W, 4-1 7 18-12 (11-7) Hake (5-0) 138 1:55 April 15 Bellevue * L, 11-12 7 18-13 (11-8) Luera (4-3) - 2:57 April 15 Bellevue * L, 4-7 7 18-14 (11-9) Ortega (2-2) 121 2:26 April 18 at Oklahoma Wesleyan * W, 10-0 7 19-14 (12-9) Prather (5-3) - 2:00 April 18 at Oklahoma Wesleyan * W, 3-2 7 20-14 (13-9) Hake (6-0) 99 2:10 April 19 at Oklahoma Wesleyan * W, 11-6 7 21-14 (14-9) Luera (5-3) - 2:28 April 19 at Oklahoma Wesleyan * W, 13-0 5 22-14 (15-9) Russell (2-1) 123 2:20 April 27 Graceland W, 6-3 7 23-14 (15-9) Hake (7-0) - 2:02 April 27 Graceland W, 5-0 7 24-14 (15-9) Lewandowski (1-0) 165 1:40 May 1 vs. Ozarks # W, 6-0 9 25-14 (15-9) Hake (8-0) 87 2:50 May 2 at Bellevue # W, 12-10 9 26-14 (15-9) Luera (6-3) 53 3:30 May 3 at Bellevue # L, 1-14 7 26-15 (15-9) Prather (5-4) - 2:08 May 3 at Bellevue # L, 1-13 9 26-16 (15-9) Laird (0-1) 110 2:45 May 8 vs. Friends % W, 8-3 9 27-16 (15-9) Hake (9-0) 88 3:28 May 9 vs. Kansas Wesleyan % W, 7-2 9 28-16 (15-9) Luera (7-3) 63 2:34 May 9 vs. Bethany % W, 9-4 9 29-16 (15-9) Prather (6-4) 79 2:28 May 10 vs. Bellevue % L, 7-16 9 29-17 (15-9) Ortega (2-3) - 2:51 May 10 vs. Bellevue % L, 4-9 9 29-18 (15-9) Lewandowski (1-1) 64 2:47 ^ - Game played at Ottawa University (Ottawa, Kan.) Home Attendance 1,486 (13 dates avg. = 114)* - Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference Game Away Attendance 1,378 (14 dates avg. = 98)# - MCAC Tournament (Omaha, Neb.) Total Attendance 2,859 (27 dates avg. = 105(% - NAIA Region IV Tournament (Hutchinson, Kan.) Largest Attend. 165 (April 27 vs. Graceland)

2008 PARK BASEBALL GAME-BY-GAME RESULTSOverall Record: 29-18 • MCAC Record: 15-9 • Home: 16-8 • Away: 9-8 • Neutral: 4-2 PARK’S RECORD IN 2008...

OVERALL ............................................................................ 29-18HOME .....................................................................................16-8AWAY ........................................................................................ 9-8NEUTRAL ................................................................................. 4-2MCAC ......................................................................................15-9DAY GAMES ....................................................................... 28-18NIGHT GAMES ....................................................................... 1-0VS. LHP ..................................................................................... 4-1VS. RHP ................................................................................ 25-171-RUN GAMES ....................................................................... 5-52-RUN GAMES ....................................................................... 1-25+ RUN GAMES ...................................................................21-7ExTRA INNINGS .................................................................... 2-2SHUTOUTS .............................................................................. 7-00-2 RUNS SCORED ............................................................... 0-43-5 RUNS SCORED ............................................................... 7-56-9 RUNS SCORED ............................................................... 9-70-2 OPPONENT RUNS .......................................................19-03-5 OPPONENT RUNS ......................................................... 7-06-9 OPPONENT RUNS .......................................................2-1010 + OPPONENT RUNS ...................................................... 1-8PARK SCORES IN 1ST INN. ...............................................17-2OPP. SCORES IN 1ST INN .................................................7-10PARK SCORES FIRST ..........................................................23-6OPP. SCORES FIRST ............................................................6-12LEADING AFTER 6 INN .....................................................20-2TRAILING AFTER 6 INN ....................................................0-15TIED AFTER 6 INN ................................................................ 3-1LEADING AFTER 7 INN ....................................................... 5-0TRAILING AFTER 7 INN ...................................................... 0-4TIED AFTER 7 INN ................................................................ 0-0

2008 PARK RUNS BY INNING1ST ...............................................................................................452ND .............................................................................................433RD ..............................................................................................614TH ..............................................................................................655TH ..............................................................................................416TH ..............................................................................................347TH ..............................................................................................318TH ................................................................................................ 79TH ................................................................................................ 7

2008 OPP. RUNS BY INNING1ST ...............................................................................................352ND .............................................................................................303RD ..............................................................................................264TH ..............................................................................................485TH ..............................................................................................506TH ..............................................................................................227TH ..............................................................................................148TH ..............................................................................................159TH ................................................................................................ 6


2008 BATTING STATISTICSPLAYER AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-AT PO A E FLD44 Ryan Fawks .416 46-45 154 21 64 11 0 2 44 81 .526 19 7 13 3 .497 1 0 0-0 96 9 3 .97220 Chris Luera .405 37-37 121 26 49 9 4 5 39 81 .669 8 1 18 3 .436 3 2 8-9 57 9 1 .98525 Nick Kouratou .404 42-42 146 35 59 6 1 2 42 73 .500 19 4 18 3 .477 3 1 2-2 51 96 11 .93010 Pete Peters .373 46-46 134 39 50 13 1 2 28 71 .530 18 4 18 1 .459 1 3 4-6 79 87 6 .96532 Chris Evans .363 42-42 146 39 53 14 0 5 41 82 .562 20 5 21 1 .446 4 0 2-2 236 12 4 .98426 Jesse Kearns .314 43-40 137 28 43 10 1 5 36 70 .511 9 6 23 2 .379 1 3 8-8 53 2 1 .98218 Ryan Weedin .278 45-33 115 48 32 6 3 2 22 50 .435 22 4 20 0 .408 1 2 4-4 52 1 5 .91427 Jordan Henderson .270 42-25 89 32 24 0 1 1 13 29 .326 18 1 18 1 .398 0 4 8-12 29 0 3 .9065 Brett Gordon .268 41-41 123 26 33 4 0 0 21 37 .301 15 10 16 0 .379 5 1 0-0 30 58 14 .86330 Brandon Skelton .246 41-39 118 1 29 5 0 1 17 37 .314 26 2 17 1 .385 2 0 0-0 270 33 6 .981---------------------------17 Bo Prather 1.000 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 3 22 1 .9623 Arturo Garcia .750 3-2 4 3 3 1 0 1 1 7 1.750 1 0 0 0 .800 0 0 2-2 1 5 1 .8578 John Lange .667 7-1 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 4 1.333 1 0 1 0 .750 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 .0001 Ryan Duede .333 20-0 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 0 0 1 0 .333 0 0 1-2 1 0 0 1.0004 Chad Farris .333 4-1 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 .333 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 .00019 Jacob Moore .286 4-2 7 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 .286 0 0 2 0 .250 1 0 0-0 0 6 0 1.00024 Brad Lewandowski .255 18-15 47 13 12 3 1 0 3 17 .362 7 0 11 0 .352 0 0 0-0 24 12 0 1.00015 Justin Gambill .250 8-4 12 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 .250 0 0 4 2 .250 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.00023 Dustin Laird .115 14-9 26 4 3 1 0 0 1 4 .154 3 1 12 0 .233 0 1 1-1 5 14 7 .73122 Chase Keeler .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .00029 Jeff Hall .000 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 6 3 1 .900Totals .334 47 1391 334 464 83 13 26 315 651 .468 186 45 215 17 .423 22 17 42-51 1002 387 69 .953Opponents .273 47 1293 246 353 73 7 18 216 494 .382 164 64 312 22 .379 14 30 63-85 976 386 69 .952LOB - Team (352), Opp (317). DPs turned - Team (31), Opp (31). CI - Team (0), Opp (1).

2008 PITCHING STATISTICSPLAYER ERA W-L APP GS CG SH/CB SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB AVG WP HBP BK SF SH7 Josh Hake 2.64 9-0 11 9 4 2/1 0 61.1 37 22 18 26 84 2 2 1 216 .171 2 11 1 2 320 Chris Luera 4.02 7-3 12 11 2 0/0 0 56.0 48 37 25 32 62 15 0 4 210 .229 6 16 0 3 317 Bo Prather 5.69 6-4 11 10 1 0/1 0 55.1 72 45 35 25 41 14 1 2 223 .323 7 5 2 2 7---------------------------11 Jake Russell 2.84 2-2 9 2 0 0/1 2 19.0 11 7 6 5 20 2 0 0 67 .164 0 4 0 0 129 Jeff Hall 4.67 0-2 12 0 0 0/1 1 17.1 22 14 9 8 16 4 3 0 75 .293 3 3 0 2 013 Gabe Perez 5.40 0-0 4 1 0 0/0 0 5.0 4 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 20 .200 0 0 0 0 042 Vince Ortega 5.70 2-3 14 6 1 1/3 4 36.1 39 29 23 19 38 5 1 3 142 .275 4 4 0 2 29 John Angell 6.00 1-0 10 0 0 0/0 1 15.0 20 14 10 7 5 9 0 1 59 .339 0 0 0 0 33 Arturo Garcia 6.26 1-0 12 2 1 0/1 0 23.0 30 20 16 10 15 7 0 2 93 .323 6 1 1 1 219 Jacob Moore 7.20 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 5.0 8 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 19 .421 0 1 0 1 123 Dustin Laird 7.23 0-1 7 3 0 0/0 0 18.2 30 22 15 9 11 6 0 3 82 .366 4 6 0 0 324 Brad Lewandowski 7.36 1-1 8 1 0 0/2 1 11.0 13 10 9 12 10 6 0 0 40 .325 4 3 0 1 42 Kyle Iverson 9.82 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 3.2 1 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 10 .100 1 8 0 0 012 Kiki Fuentes 13.50 0-2 3 2 0 0/0 0 7.1 18 12 11 4 5 2 0 2 37 .486 1 2 0 0 1Totals 5.07 29-18 47 47 9 7/4 9 334.0 353 246 188 164 312 73 7 18 1293 .273 38 64 4 14 30Opponents 7.91 18-29 47 47 6 0/0 6 325.1 464 334 286 186 215 83 13 26 1391 .334 37 45 6 22 17PB - Team (13), Skelton 7, Fawks 6, Opp (8). Pickoffs - Team (13), Prather 10, Moore 1, Hake 1, Luera 1, Opp (5).

YEAR-BY-YEAR PARK BASEBALL HISTORYCoach Year Wins Losses Ties Pct Worth NotingDan Backhaus 2000 23 27 0 .460 First Year of Varsity BaseballDan Backhaus 2001 26 12 0 .636 Best single-season winning percentage during Backhaus EraDan Backhaus 2002 21 19 1 .512 First tie in Pirate Baseball HistoryCary Lundy 2003 30 16 0 .652 Best single-season winning percentage in Park Baseball HistoryCary Lundy 2004 28 25 0 .528 Fourth-straight winning seasonCary Lundy 2005 22 28 0 .440 First losing season since inaugural campaignCary Lundy 2006 30 22 1 .575 Tied school record for single-season wins (2003, 2006)Cary Lundy 2007 28 21 0 .571 Program records 200th win vs. Oklahoma Wesleyan on April 26, 2007Cary Lundy 2008 29 18 0 .617 NAIA Region IV Runners Up to Bellevue

Coach Years Wins Losses Ties Pct Worth NotingDan Backhaus 2000-02 70 58 1 .547 First Varsity Baseball Coach at Park UniversityCary Lundy 2003-08 167 130 1 .562 Winningest coach in Pirate Baseball HistoryOVERALL (8 Seasons) 237 188 2 .557 Six winning seasons in eight years of varsity baseball


Park University’s Comfort Field is the home of the Pirate baseball program, which has compiled 237 wins in nine seasons as a varsity program and has produced eight winning seasons in that nine-year span. Comfort Field measures 330 down the lines and 375 to each power ally, with 400 feet to dead-center field. A berm behind home plate adds to the Field’s seating capacity, which reaches 300 with wooden bleachers between the two dugouts. Comfort Field’s backdrop is nearly all wooded, with trees lining the entire out-field landscape and home plate back-drop. The field is adjacent to Hem-ingway Field, which serves as the practice facility for Park Univer-sity soccer, and both are under the supervision of Greg Degener, athletic fields supervisor. A regulation tarp protects the field in the event of rain, which was named after Park Board of Trustees Member Mark Comfort, and beyond the right-field wall is a regulation batting cage for pregame use. Bullpens sit along the line adjacent to the team’s dugout.

COMFORT FIELD AT PARK UNIVERSITY

PARK2009 BASEBALL

NICK KOURATOU RYAN WEEDINBRETT GORDON

PARK2009 SOFTBALL

LISA LUETTENGERALICIA WEDEL KRISTEN HANSEN

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2009 Park University Spring Sports Media Guide