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Stanford Baseball, despite not making the postseason in 2009, have reason for high hopes in 2010. The Cardinal’s recruiting class is one of the nation’s best, the defense from catcher through the middle infield to center field is an anchor point for the rest of the team, and with a combined 82 years of coaching experience in the dugout, the Cardinal are poised for a run through Omaha.

“I’m happy with how the fall went,” said head coach Mark Marquess. “The freshman class is living up to the hype. They have adjusted to the program and made it very competitive.”

In the over three decades Marquess has been at the helm of the Stanford program, the Cardinal has made an NCAA Regional 25 times. Fourteen times it has furthered its quest to the College World Series. It has played in five championship games. In 1987 and 1988, it won national titles.

This year’s team returns five starters and two-thirds of a weekend rotation. Each of those players will be pushed by the No. 2 recruiting class in the country (Baseball America).

“You don’t know how they (the freshmen) will play against an opponent, but they are not overmatched,” said Marquess. “I’ve been pleasantly surprised. They are probably ahead of schedule.”

In the dugout is 82 years of coaching experience. Stanford graduates Marquess and assistant Dean Stotz have been together for 33 years, and will be joined by newly acquired pitching coach Rusty Filter, who spent the last 16 years at San Diego State, and the last three tutoring National Pitcher of the Year and first round pick Stephen Strasburg. Mario Iglesias, the Cardinal’s former ace from the mid-1990s World Series teams, rounds out the staff.

“I’ve been very fortunate,” said Marquess. “Dean had a chance to leave awhile ago, and chose to stay, because it was Stanford. It’s very unusual (for coaches to stay together), but I’ve been fortunate. Rusty has been a huge addition. He has a lot of experience, and he was the one who developed Strasburg. Mario will work with our outfielders and help Rusty with the staff. I’m happy with my staff.”

The team’s core is up the middle. And its strength is further bolstered by a deep and talented infield. Juniors second baseman Colin Walsh, an all-star in the Cape Cod League this past summer, and Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year and shortstop Jake Schlander, return to the middle of the diamond; catcher Zach Jones has one of the stronger arms in the Pac-10 and freshman center fielder, Jacob Stewart, the team’s fastest player, make up that core.

Walsh is the team’s leading returning hitter, at .320, and was hitting over .400 in the Cape at the all-star break at Fenway Park prior to a cooling off over the final month. His double play mate, Schlander, hit .232 last year and will be challenged by freshman Kenny Diekroeger, who can play third, second or short. Diekroeger, from nearby Woodside and The Menlo School had a 1.069 slugging percentage last year as a prep and a .586 average. Freshman Eric Smith should also be in the mix.

Infielder Stephen Piscotty is another talented freshman, after hitting .450 last year across the Bay in Pleasanton at Amador Valley High. Also returning is infielder Adam Gaylord, who hit .289 last year. He is slated to play third base. Veteran Jonathan Kaskow is slated to start at first after batting .242, but Marquess has the option to use Justin Ringo, Piscotty, or outfielders Kellen Kiilsgaard and Kellen McColl. The starter at first, said Marquess, will be one who is swinging the bat best.

Uncharacteristic for a Stanford club, the 2009 squad batted just .279, the lowest batting average since the 1989 team hit .276. Following the free swingers of 2008, who struck out a record 481 times (in 12 extra games), the 2009 team struck out 419 times, the second most in school history. While the 2008 CWS team hit 81 home runs, last year’s squad hit just 49 and scored just 341 runs. The biggest question mark going into the season will be how the offense develops.

The one positive is that they fielded at a .977 clip, a school record. Despite the frustrations at the plate, it did not carry over to the field.

In the outfield, Kiilsgaard is coming off a strong summer in Alaska and a .313 sophomore season as he drove in 46 runs. The team’s largest production came from the outfield last year, which needs to be replaced; Brett Milleville (.306, 52 RBIs, 14 homers) and Joey August (.304, 36 RBIs) both graduated. Heisman Trophy runner-up Toby Gerhart (.288, 36 RBIs) decided to forego his final baseball season to prepare for the NFL Draft.

Jake Stewart is one of those players expected to step right in right away. Stewart, a top-100 prospect out of high school, hit .544 last year. He is probably the team’s fastest outfielder and is slated to play center. Junior David Giuliani, who has appeared in just 10 games, has been impressive in the fall and has fought his way into the lineup. Guiliani is almost as fast as Stewart, and maybe the outfielder with the best arm. McColl should also see significant time in the outfield.

Another rarity for the club was its ERA, 5.12. Just three times since 1980 has the club produced an ERA over 5.00. If history is any indication, each of those club’s next seasons, produced an ERA a run lower.

Lefthander Brett Mooneyham is the team’s returning wins leader, going 6-3 with a 4.14 ERA in 13 games last season. If it wasn’t for back-to-back starts in early May in which he gave up 11 runs over 10.1 innings, the southpaw would have had an ERA under 4.00. Mooneyham, who struck out at least 10, three times last year, finished the year by allowing just one earned run over his last two starts (0.60 ERA). Control was an issue, as he walked 54 on the season.

Jordan Pries was another young pitcher that struggled at times adjusting to the college game. Finishing with a 4-4 mark and 4.62 ERA, it could have been that much better, as the righthander gave up 14 runs over his final three starts.

Pries earned the starting assignment after the first two weeks in the bullpen, starting his final 11 games. Despite allowing three or fewer runs in six of his first eight starts (3.97 ERA) he had just two wins to show for it. One of those no-decisions was a 10-strikeout performance over seven shutout innings against ASU.

“We have higher expectations for both of them this year,” said Marquess. “The conference is very rich in pitching. And that’s what they want (to be challenged).”

The bullpen features the biggest question mark after the loss of first round pick Drew Storen. Storen’s 3.80 ERA, seven wins and seven saves are gone, as are Max Fearnow’s 21 appearances and 4.29 ERA and Blake Hancock’s 4.70 ERA over 16 games.

“We have a lot of good arms,” said Marquess, who expects to see eight to 10 arms used heavily this season. “We don’t have the luxury of a Storen in the bullpen like we have had over the last two years. We may go with two closers, it all depends how it plays out.”

Righthander Mike Marshall is the most experienced reliever. In 21 appearances he had a 4.10 ERA, striking out nearly a batter an inning. Spot starter Brian Busick had a 4.50 ERA over 11 games and four starts, while Carey Schwartz (5.11 ERA), Scott Snodgress (5.85 ERA) and Kyle Thompson (6.55) each appeared in at least 10 games, but with limited success.

Snodgress is trying to nail down the third starting job, following a stellar summer in Alaska, that Baseball America acknowledged by projecting the leftie as the fourth best prospect in that summer league, three slots ahead of his teammate, Kiilsgaard.

Snodgress finished the summer leading the league in strikeouts and ranking in the top-10 in the league in ERA, going 2-3 with a 2.93 ERA over 10 games and eight starts, striking out 55 over 43.0 innings. Opponents batted just .151.

Newcomer mark Appel is the top newcomer out of the pen, earning prep All-American status out of San Ramon in the East Bay and as a top-200 draftee out of high school.

If all the pieces fall into place, it could be another run through Omaha. Something that is not so rare when it comes to Stanford Baseball.

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Projected Starting Lineup

Player Yr B/T Notes*C Zach Jones Jr. R/R Started 55 games in 2009, 18 steals1B Jonathan Kaskow Jr. S/R Reserve last two years had 11 starts in 2009*2B Colin Walsh Jr. S/R All-Star in the Cape; Leading returning hitter*SS Jake Schlander Jr. R/R Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year3B Kenny Diekroeger Fr. R/R Hit .586 as a prep senior, top-100 prospect*LF David Giuliani Jr. S/R Junior to get his first real playing timeCF Jake Stewart Fr. R/R “best prep athlete in Colo. history”, .544 avg*RF Kellen Kiilsgaard Jr. L/L Hit .313 in 2009, hit .295 in Alaska*DH Adam Gaylord Sr. R/R .289 with 27 RBIs in 45 starts in 2009

Projected Starters Yr T Notes*Brett Mooneyham, LHP So. L 72 strikeouts in 67.1 IP, .204 opponent avg.*Jordan Pries, RHP So. R team-leader in innings (76.0), .228 opp. avg.Scott Snodgress, LHP So. L 1-3 as a spot starter in 2009, strong summer

Top Reliever Yr T NotesMark Appel, RHP Fr. R top-200 prospect had an 0.90 ERA

* – returning starter

Head Coach Yr Record NotesMark Marquess 34th year 1356-694-7 (.664) 2 National Titles (1987, 1988)(1977-Present) 5 CWS Championship Games 14 College World Series 25 Regional Appearances 12 Pac-10 Titles






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Storylines for the Season

• TheCardinalwillneedtoreplaceitscloser,DrewStoren,the10thoverallselectionwho is already in Double-A, after the righthander went 7-1 with a 3.80 ERA with seven saves, all team high’s. Rookie Mark Appel had a 0.90 ERA as a prep, while Mike Marshall is the leading returning reliever, posting a 4.10 ERA over 21 games in 2009.

• SecondbasemanColinWalshentershis juniorseasonastheteam’stopreturninghitter, at .320, scoring the second-most runs to Toby Gerhart last year. Walsh had a hot start in the Cape this past summer, earning a starting nod in the All Star Game, before cooling over the final month of the season to bat .255. The double play combo of Walsh and Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year Jake Schlander returns for a third season together.

• Theteam’srecruitingclassisrankedNo.2byBaseball America and 10 overall by Collegiate Baseball and features two high profile picks in infielder Kenny Diekroeger (Woodside, CA) and outfielder Jake Stewart (Ft. Collins, CO). RHP Mark Appell (San Ramon, CA) was a projected top-200 draftee, while fellow righthander Chris Jenkins (Westfield, NJ) had an 0.71 ERA over 49.1 innings. Third baseman Scott Piscotty was the league MVP after batting .450.

• Outfielder KellenKiilsgaard hit .313 last year and drove in the second-most runson the team (46). He will need to help fill the void of departed first baseman Brent Milleville, who hit .306, homered 14 times and drove in 52.

• Thepitchingstaff,whichhada5.12ERAlastseason,willneedtodeveloptwostartersfollowing Brett Mooneyham (6-3, 4.14) and Jordan Pries (4-4, 4.62). Scott Snodgress had a 2.93 ERA in Alaska this past summer and is procted as a weekend starter.

• Maybethemostexperiencedstaffinthecountry,thecoachingstaffhasacombined82 years of experience with the addition of San Diego State’s Rusty Filter. Stanford grads Coach Mark Marquess and Dean Stotz have been together all 33 years at Stanford, while Filter spent 16 years at his alma mater.

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9 Mark MarqueSS

Head CoaCH The Clarke and elizabeth Nelson director of BaseballStanford (1969)34th SeasonPronunciation: MAR-kwess

One of the premier coaches in college baseball history, and a man whose name is synonymous with the Stanford baseball program, Mark Marquess enters his 34th year at the helm of his alma mater in 2010.

Since he arrived on The Farm as a two-sport athlete in baseball and football in the fall of 1965, Marquess’ impact upon Stanford baseball is beyond measure, even by the benchmark of his long list of on-field accomplishments. Perhaps more important than any of the wins or championships his club has produced is the nature of the pro-gram he has developed, both on and off the field. In his four decades associated with the school, Marquess has been the architect of a Stanford program that is nationally recognized as one of winning baseball and quality student-athletes.

A member of the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame, Marquess opens the season as the eighth-winningest coach in NCAA Division-I baseball history – fourth among active skippers – with a career 1,356-694-7 (.664) record. Each of those 1,356 victories has come on The Farm, as he has won more games than any coach in any sport ever at Stanford.

A three-time NCAA Coach of the Year recipient and nine-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year honoree, he has guided his Stanford clubs to 25 NCAA Tournament appearances, a pair of College World Series championships (1987 and 1988), six NCAA Super Regional titles, 15 NCAA Regional crowns and 12 Pac-10 regular season champion-ships. Marquess owns a career 120-55 (.686) record in postseason play, including a 72-26 (.734) mark in NCAA Regionals, a 12-4 (.750) ledger in NCAA Super Regionals and a 36-25 (.590) record at 14 College World Series.

In a testament to the standard of winning baseball Marquess has created at Stanford, 32 of his 33 teams have finished at .500 or better. He has presided over 19 teams that have won at least 40 games, including six clubs that have crested the 50-win plateau. Marquess led the Cardinal to a school-record stretch of 10 consecu-tive 40-win campaigns from 1995-2004.

Marquess’ clubs have advanced to postseason play in 25 of a possible 33 seasons, including a school-record 13 straight campaigns from 1994-2006. Stanford has won at least one game in 24 of its trips to the NCAA Tournament under Marquess.

Marquess’ teams have played nearly .600 baseball in the Pac-10 (537-366 .598), long recognized as one of the best and toughest conferences in the country. Stanford has finished either first or second in the Pac-10 a total of 23 times (including Southern Division finishes), while capturing 12 conference championships. The Cardinal has won at least two consecutive conference titles three different times under Marquess, as Stanford captured three straight crowns in both 1983-85 and 1997-2000 before winning back-to-back championships in 2003 and 2004.

Perhaps the crowning moment of Marquess’ career came when the Cardinal captured back-to-back College World Series titles in 1987 and 1988, becoming one of only four programs in the 63-year history of the CWS to have ever won at least two consecutive titles.

But there was much accomplished before and much has been done since. Stanford has reached the College World Series a total of 14 times and been in the CWS final on five occasions during Marquess’ tenure, including a stretch where the Cardinal finished second three times during a school-record string of five consecutive trips to Rosenblatt Stadium from 1999-2003. The trips to Omaha were just two shy of Oklahoma State’s NCAA record run of seven in a row from 1981-87. Even more impressive, each of the 14 teams Marquess has skippered to the CWS has won at least one game.

Both of Marquess’ championship clubs won the title after having their backs against the wall.

His 1987 team won the first CWS crown in school history, finished the season 53-17 overall and was 21-9 in the Pac-10 Southern Division – winning the league title by five full games. But, the Cardinal had to win its final three CWS contests after a second-round loss to claim the title, defeating Oklahoma State in the championship game.

Stanford completed the back-to-back feat in 1988 by winning eight postsea-son elimination games, four in each the CWS and the NCAA Northeast Regional, concluding its unbelievable run by defeating league rival Arizona State in the CWS championship.

Stanford’s recent near misses for another national title began in 2000 when the Cardinal went unbeaten in its CWS bracket before dropping a 6-5 heart-breaker to LSU in the championship game. In 2001, Stanford again swept through its bracket before falling to Miami in the championship contest. Two years later, the Cardinal

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“It’s great to have been able to coach as many years as I have at my alma mater. It’s quite an honor to be able to do that, to be able to stay at one place all this time, and to be able to work with these student-athletes. I’m very proud of our history and the success that we’ve had on and off the field.”


made a run through the 2003 CWS losers’ bracket with three straight wins in elimina-tion games to reach the championship again, extending Rice into the final game of the inaugural best-of-three CWS championship series.

Marquess became the 23rd NCAA Division I baseball coach to reach the 1,000-win mark, with a victory over Florida State on February 9, 2001. He picked up his 1,100th career victory with a February 17, 2003 win over Nevada. Win number 1,200 came against California on March 5, 2005, while he reached the 1,300-win plateau by defeating top-ranked Arizona State on April 6, 2008 at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond. Marquess recorded his 100th career postseason win in Stanford’s NCAA Super Regional-clinching victory over Long Beach State on June 7, 2003.

Stanford’s success under Marquess has paid dividends at the next level as well, as his players are normally very visible on the radar screens of professional baseball scouts. A total of 167 Cardinal players have been chosen in the draft since 1977, including 21 first round or compensation picks since Jack McDowell in 1987. Since Marquess was named head coach in 1977, 53 players have reached the Major Leagues.

Marquess has also developed several fine young coaches that were either former assistants or players on The Farm, including Jeff Austin (assistant coach – Stanford), David Esquer (head coach – California), Mark Machtolf (head coach – Gonzaga), Dave Nakama (former head coach – San Francisco State; assistant coach – Stanford/Washington), Mark O’Brien (head coach – Santa Clara) and Ed Sprague (head coach – Pacific).

The accolades have streamed Marquess’ way throughout his career at Stanford, including three NCAA Coach of the Year selections (1985, `87, `88). His most recent major honor came in 2003 when he earned his ninth Pac-10 Coach of the Year award. He was previously chosen as the Pac-10 Southern Division Coach of the Year seven times in the final 16 seasons of the league (1983, ’85, ’87, ’90, ’94, ’97, ’98) and the Pacific-10 Coach of the Year during the first season of the conference’s restructuring in 1999.

Marquess has also been a well-known coach on the international level. In 1988, he won International Coach of the Year honors after leading the United States Olympic team to a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Marquess guided his club to a 4-1 record, defeating Japan, 5-3, on September 28 to capture the first gold medal in baseball for the United States.

Prior to arriving in Seoul, Marquess led the national team to the silver medal at the 15th World Amateur Baseball Championships in Italy. The Americans posted an 11-2 mark in the tourney, losing both games to gold medalist Cuba in the bottom of the ninth inning. For the summer, the USA squad posted a 42-11 overall record.

As head coach of the USA National Team, Marquess skippered the club to a silver medal at the 1987 Intercontinental Cup Tournament in Cuba. In the summer of 1984, he served as an assistant coach on the USA squad that competed at the World Amateur Championships that were also played in Cuba.

As head coach of USA Baseball in 1981, Marquess guided the U.S. collegiate team to a gold medal at the World Games in Santa Clara. Following that accomplishment,

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1977 43-23 (.652) 5-13 (3rd-T)* –1978 35-20-1 (.634) 6-12 (3rd-T)* –1979 35-23 (.603) 13-17 (5th-T)^ –1980 29-24 (.547) 13-17 (5th)^ –1981 43-22 (.662) 16-14 (2nd)^ Central Regional1982 49-18-1 (.728) 20-10 (2nd)^ 5th-T - CWS1983 41-17-1 (.707) 20-10 (1st)^ 5th-T - CWS1984 38-26-1 (.582) 18-12 (1st-T)^ West II Regional1985 47-15 (.758) 23-7 (1st)^ 5th-T - CWS1986 38-23 (.623) 18-12 (2nd-T)^ Midwest Regional1987 53-17 (.757) 21-9 (1st)^ NCAA Champions1988 46-23 (.667) 18-12 (2nd)^ NCAA Champions1989 30-28 (.517) 12-18 (4th)^ –1990 59-12 (.831) 24-6 (1st)^ 3rd-T - CWS1991 39-23 (.629) 18-12 (2nd)^ West II Regional1992 39-23 (.629) 17-13 (2nd)^ South II Regional1993 27-28 (.491) 10-20 (6th)^ –1994 36-24 (.600) 21-9 (1st)^ Central Regional1995 40-25 (.615) 20-10 (2nd)^ 5th-T - CWS

1996 41-19 (.683) 19-11 (2nd)^ West Regional1997 45-20 (.692) 21-9 (1st)^ 3rd-T - CWS1998 42-14-1 (.746) 22-8 (1st)^ West Regional1999 50-15 (.769) 19-5 (1st) 3rd-T - CWS2000 50-16 (.758) 17-7 (1st-T) 2nd - CWS2001 51-17 (.750) 17-7 (2nd) 2nd - CWS2002 47-18 (.723) 16-8 (2nd) 3rd-T - CWS2003 51-18 (.739) 18-6 (1st) 2nd - CWS2004 46-14 (.767) 16-8 (1st) NCAA Regional2005 34-25 (.576) 12-12 (6th-T) NCAA Regional2006 33-27 (.550) 11-13 (5th-T) NCAA Super Regional2007 28-28 (.500) 9-15 (8th) –2008 41-24-2 (.627) 14-10 (2nd) 3rd-T – CWS2009 30-25 (.546) 13-14 (5th-T) –Totals 1,356-694-7 (.664) 537-366 (.598)• 2 NCAA Titles • 14 CWS Appearances• 7 Super Regional Appearances (6 Titles) • 25 Regional Appearances (14 Titles)• 12 Conference Titles

*Pacific-8 ^Pacific-10 Southern Division

Marquess Year-By-YearYear Record Pac-10 (Place) Postseason Year Record Pac-10 (Place) Postseason

“There are more rewards in coaching the longer you do it, and it really has nothing to do with the baseball end of it. When I see how a former player that is now 35 or 40 years old with young kids really appreciated the athletic and academic experience at Stanford, that’s the real reward.”


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he led the club to the gold medal at the Intercontinental Cup in Edmonton, Canada. His squad edged Cuba, 5-4, in the finals to mark the first time since 1970 that the United States had beaten the Cubans in international competition. In addition, Marquess became the only person ever to post victories over the Cuban team as both a player and a coach.

From 1989-98, Marquess served as President of USA Baseball, an organization that handles all aspects of amateur baseball – from the youth level through the college-aged player and the Olympic squad.

Marquess’ success as a coach can be traced to his days as a player. A three-year starter at first base for Stanford (1967-69), he earned first-team All-America honors in 1967 and garnered second-team All-America recognition in 1968. He was also named first-team All-Pac-8 and All-District-8 both seasons. Marquess’ name is still etched in the school’s record book, as his .404 batting average in 1967 is fifth all-time on the school’s single-season list and his 15 career triples are tied for fifth.

In addition, Marquess is one of only 10 to have both played in and coached at the College World Series, and he also competed on the 1967 USA Pan American Games team that captured the gold medal. One of the greatest two-sport athletes ever on The Farm, he complimented his collegiate baseball career with three seasons on the Stanford football squad as a quarter-back, split end, defensive back and punt returner.

A member of the American Baseball Coaches’ Association Hall of Fame, he is one of 35 members

of the Stanford Baseball family to have a place in the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.

After graduation, Marquess signed with the Chicago White Sox organization in 1969 and spent four seasons as a professional baseball player before getting a taste of coaching as a player/coach with the Des Moines (Iowa) Triple-A team in 1973. He was also an assistant coach on the Boulder Collegians squad that captured the 1975 National Semi-Pro championship. The follow-ing year, his Boulder team placed third at the national tourney.

Prior to his appointment as head coach at Stanford in 1977, Marquess spent five seasons (1972-76) as an assistant under Ray Young at Stanford. Marquess now officially serves as the Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball at Stanford. The Nelsons, through a large gift to the baseball program, endowed the posi-tion in 1987.

His success in the dugout and on the field has led to some other exciting and noteworthy experiences. Marquess made his broadcasting debut for CBS dur-ing the network’s coverage of the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis. After winning the College World Series and Olympic gold medal in 1988, he was asked to throw out the first pitch before Game 4 of the 1988 World Series on October 19 at the Oakland Coliseum. Later, President Ronald Reagan honored Marquess and the Olympic championship squad at a White House reception. He also served as a color commentator for the baseball venue during NBC’s coverage at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. In 2001, Marquess and the Cardinal played in the opening game at the College World Series in which President George W. Bush threw out the first pitch.

Marquess earned his bachelor’s degree in politi-cal science from Stanford in 1969. He completed his master’s degree in political science at San Jose State in 1976.

Marquess and his wife, Susan, reside in Mountain View. They have three daughters – Bridget Dunnington, Anne Lohman and Maureen Marquess. Bridget and her husband, Gan, have a daughter, Ella, and twins, Reagan and Gan. Anne and her husband, Chris, have a son, Wyatt. Both families make their home in Los Altos. Maureen lives and works in New York City.

Mark Marquess FileOverall Record 1,356-694-7 (.664, 33 seasons)Record At Stanford SamePac-10 Record 537-366 (.598)Postseason Record 120-55 (.686, 25 appearances) NCAA Regionals 72-26 (.735, 25 Appearances, 15 titles)NCAA Super Regionals 12-4 (.750, 7 Appearances, 6 titles)College World Series 36-25 (.590, 14 appearances, 2 titles)

Collegiate Coaching Career• Stanford Head Coach (1977-present)• Stanford Assistant Coach (1972-76)• 2 CWS Titles (1987, ’88)• 5 CWS Championship Appearances (1987, ’88, 2000, ’01, ’03)

• 14 College World Series Appearances (1982, ’83, ’85, ’87, ’88, ’90, ’95, ’97, ’99, 2000, ’01, ’02, ’03, ‘08)

• 7 NCAA Super Regional Appearances (1999, 2000, ’01, ’02, ’03, ’06, ‘08)

• 15 NCAA Regional Titles (1982, ’83, ’85, ’87, ’88, ’90, ’95, ’97, ’99, 2000, ’01, ’02, ’03, ’06, ‘08)

• 25 NCAA Regional Appearances (1981, ’82, ’83, ’84, ’85, ’86, ’87, ’88, ’90, ’91, ’92, ’94, ’95, ’96, ’97, ’98, ’99, 2000, ’01, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’05, ’06, ‘08)

• 12 Pac-10 Titles (1983, ’84, ’85, ’87, ’90, ’94, ’97, ’98, ’99, 2000, ’03, ’04 – First 8 Southern Division)

• 3-Time NCAA Coach Of The Year (1985, ’87, ’88)• 9-Time Pac-10 Coach Of The Year (1983, ’85, ’87, ’90, ’94, ’97, ’98, ’99, 2003 – First 7 Southern Division)

• ABCA West Region Coach Of The Year (2001)

Milestone Wins1st Career Win (February 4, 1977 vs. USF, 6-1)1000th Career Win (February 9, 2001 vs. Florida State, 6-2)1100th Career Win (February 17, 2003 vs. Nevada 5-4)1200th Career Win (March 5, 2005 vs. Cal 10-3)1300th Career Win (April 6, 2008 vs. Arizona State 10-2)100th Career Postseason Win (June 7, 2003 vs. Long Beach State 4-2)

International Coaching Career• Olympic Head Coach (1988)• National Head Coach (1981, ’87, ’88)• USA Baseball Assistant Coach (1984)• Gold Medal (1988 Seoul Olympics)• Gold Medal (1981 Intercontinental Cup)• Gold Medal (1981 World Games)• Silver Medal (1987 Intercontinental Cup)• International Coach of the Year (1988)

Collegiate Playing Career• First-Team All-American (1967)• Second-Team All-American (1968)• Two-Time All-Pac-8 (1967, ’68)• Stanford First Baseman (1967-69)• Stanford Football (1966-68)International Playing Career• Gold Medal (1967 USA Pan American Games)

Professional Playing Career• Chicago White Sox Organization (1969-73)

The Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Directorship of Baseball

This Directorship was established in 1987 with a gift from Clarke A. Nelson and his late wife Elizabeth S. Nelson, both Stanford alumni. Mr. Nelson received his BA in History in 1954. While at Stanford, he earned a Block “S” letter in baseball. Mrs. Nelson attended Stanford from 1951 to 1953. Clarke Nelson earned an MBA from Harvard and was a senior executive of the Carnation Company for many years. He is currently President of the Teton Pines Country Club in Jackson, Wyoming.

Mark Marquess is a three-time NCAA Coach of the Year and has been named Pac-10 Coach of the Year on nine occasions.


Stanford’s top lieutenant for over three decades, Dean Stotz enters his 34th season as the top assistant under Mark Marquess. One of the longer coaching tandems in the country, Marquess and Stotz have teamed up to lead The Farm to a pair of College World Series titles (1987, 1988), three national runner-ups, 14 appearances in Omaha, six NCAA Super Regional triumphs, 15 NCAA Regional titles, and 12 conference crowns. Overall the Cardinal has gone to 25 NCAA Regionals and won 1,356 games.

Stotz has been involved in all phases of coaching in his expansive role on the staff. He currently serves as the team’s leading recruiting coordinator, primary hitting instructor and third base coach, while also handling various offensive and defensive aspects of the game.

It is no surprise that the Cardinal has become an offensive powerhouse since Stotz moved back to his current role as the team’s primary hitting coach in 1997.

Stotz has recently helped develop hitters such as 2008 American League MVP candidate Carlos Quentin, along with major leaguers Chris Carter, Sam Fuld, Ryan Garko, Jody Gerut and Jed Lowrie. Four of his protégés were selected in the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft, while Jason Castro became the 10th overall selection after his batting average jumped 209 points and his home run total increased by 13 over the previous season. Likewise, he helped develop Sean Ratliff into the Pac-10’s co-home run leader and a fourth round draft pick, while Cord Phelps was selected in the third round after hitting .353 with his first 13 collegiate homers.

After falling under the .300 mark in three of the four years that Stotz moved to the mound to work with the team’s pitchers from 1993-96, the club has hit at least .305 in nine of the last 13 seasons (1997-2004, 2007) that he has returned to his role of instructing Cardinal hitters. Stanford has also recorded four of its top five team batting averages in school history during the span. In his first year back as the hitting coach, Stanford’s bats responded with a .334 mark that is second all-time on The Farm and

just three percentage points shy of the .337 school record posted by the 1981 club. Stanford put up the third-best

mark in school history in 2004, finishing with a .324 batting average after flirting with the

school record for much of the campaign. Stanford has also tallied four of the

school’s top-10 single-season run totals over the last 12 campaigns, including a school-record 582 in 1997. The Cardinal offense also crossed the plate 516 times in 2000 to rank eighth, while placing ninth with 511 runs in 2003 and 10th with 507 runs in 2002.

Under Stotz’ recent watch, Cardinal offenses have also recorded five of the school’s top-10 single-season hit totals (including a record 802 in 1997), seven of the top doubles cam-paigns, and six years where the club’s total bases ranked among Stanford’s 10 best outputs.

Long a hallmark of Stotz’ hitters, the 2008 Cardinal were exceptional in the clutch, boasting a .340 average with runners in scoring position. Stanford pounded out at least 10 hits in 40 of the team’s 67 games en route to a .299 average, while the College World Series club lifted that mark to .301 over 11 postseason contests.

Stanford has also increased its long ball totals under Stotz’ guidance. The 1997 team hit 102 home runs to become the first club in school history to break the 100-home run mark, while the 2004 squad belted 96 round trippers for the second-highest total in Stanford annals.

Stotz was also effective during a four-year stint as the team’s pitching coach, while still maintaining other responsibilities with baserunning and catchers. In just his second season working with the team’s pitchers, in 1994, his staff posted a 3.74 ERA that was the best effort by a Cardinal group since 1977 (3.44). In 1995, the pitch-ing corps produced a 4.08 team ERA while leading Stanford to a tie for fifth at the College World Series. In nine postseason contests in 1995, the Cardinal staff tossed five complete games, posted a 3.46 ERA and struck out 58 batters while walking just 14. In 1996, Stotz led a young staff to an even better 3.68 ERA and helped develop one of the top starting rotations in the nation in Kyle Peterson, Chad Hutchinson and Jeff Austin, all of whom went on to play Major League Baseball.

In 1990, with Stotz heading up the team’s defensive efforts, the Cardinal set a then-school record by posting an impressive .972 fielding percentage, committing only 77 errors in the 71-game season.

In addition to his fine work on the diamond, Stotz is also known throughout the nation for his consistent top-notch recruiting efforts, which often rank among the best in the land. Under his guidance, Stanford’s 1987 and 1988 recruiting classes were named the best in the nation by Collegiate Baseball. Stotz’ efforts ranked in the top-five in the nation for five straight years (1989-93), while four of his last eight classes have been ranked in the top-10 by Baseball America.

Stotz also has a key role in Stanford’s long-running and successful baseball camps held each summer, including the program’s All Star Camp that annually attracts some of the top high school baseball talent in the country. In addition, he has produced several videos that teach the finer points of the game.

He was honored for all of his hard work and success when he was named the first recipient of the ABCA/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year Award in 1999.

A 1975 graduate of Stanford with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Stotz began his coaching career as an assistant at Cosumnes River College in 1976 after playing two years of collegiate baseball (1974 and 1975) at Stanford and two at Sacramento City College (1972 and 1973). Stotz was also a standout pitcher/first baseman for the Sacramento Airport Little League team that captured the Western USA title and competed in the Senior League World Series Championship in Gary, Indiana.

Stotz and his wife, Kathy, reside in Palo Alto and have five children: Michael, John Robert, Tricia, Emma and Chipper.

32 dean Stotz

assoCiaTe Head CoaCHStanford (1975)34th SeasonPronunciation: STAHTZ

CoaChing Staff







Filter spent a combined 21 years on the San Diego State campus as both an assis-tant and a player. Over the past 16 years, the Aztecs have had 58 pitchers drafted for head coaches Jim Dietz and Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn. In total, 93 players were drafted over his coaching tenure.

In addition to Stephen Strasburg, who dominated hitters this past season en route to the No. 1 overall selection, closer Addison Reed was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association’s Stopper of the Year. Strasburg led the nation in strike-outs and ERA last year, earning every major player of the year award, including the Golden Spikes and Dick Howser Awards. Strasburg, a member of Team USA at the 2008 Olympics as well, was among the national top-five in ERA and strikeouts each of the last two seasons.

Under Filter’s guidance, San Diego State led the Mountain West Conference in ERA in six of the league’s first 10 seasons, ranking in the top-three in each of those years. Throughout his tenure, San Diego State went 522-442-3 (.541), winning at least 30 games 11 times, winning 41 games in 1997 and 2009.

Individually, four players were named the MWC’s Pitcher of the Year, includ-ing Strasburg the last two years (2008, 2009), Bruce Billings (2005), and Scott Shoemaker (2004). Over nine seasons from 2001 to 2009, 21 pitchers were named all-conference In 2009, four of his hurlers – Cincinnati’s Aaron Harang, St. Louis’ Royce Ring, Boston’s Jason Masterson and San Francisco’s Alex Hinshaw, pitched in the Majors. Over 16 years, 55 Aztec pitchers were drafted and signed professional contracts.

In 1993 and 1994, Filter was the pitching coach for the Fairbanks Goldpanners of the Alaska Summer League. The Goldpanners went 35-19 in 1994 and 36-23 in 1996.

A converted catcher, Filter left among the Aztec top-10 in relief appearances (80) and saves (6). His 37 appearances as a senior in 1990 were the second-most by any reliever in San Diego State history. He totaled 10 saves and a 3.74 ERA to go along with an 8-4 career record. He went on to get drafted by Toronto in 1990.

In 1991 he began his coaching career as a junior varsity coach for San Diego State, serving as an assis-tant at his alma mater, Mission Bay High in San Diego in 1992 and 1993. The 1992 team won the CIF title. He graduated from San Diego State in 1990 with a degree in physical education.

The 40-year old has a wife, Gina, daughters Reilly Nicole and Emily Claire and son, Russell Dean II and reside in Palo Alto.

50 ruSty filter

assisTaNT CoaCHSan Diego State (1990)1st Season

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Iglesias enters his first year as the volunteer assistant at Stanford. Iglesias is the CEO of Headfirst Baseball West Coast, Inc., a baseball academy he founded in Castro Valley with his brother, Michael (who pitched professionally for 10 years).

He pitched for the Cardinal from 1993 thru 1996, reaching the College World Series in 1995. The 1995 team started a string of 10 straight years of 40-win cam-paigns, while the 1996 club won a record 18 games in a row, Iglesias won the first and 18th games of that streak. Iglesias, along with Kyle Peterson, led the team in wins with 10 apiece. He finished off his final season with a 10-1 record and 3.00 ERA over 57.0 innings after appearing in 19 games with a 4.25 ERA in 1995.

His crowning moment at Stanford came in the 1996 NCAA six-team regional, in a winner-take-all finale, he pitched a complete game five-hitter, giving up two runs to eliminate Texas Tech, the top offensive team in the nation, and go to the College World Series.

Iglesias spent five years in the minors, reaching as high as Triple-A with the Cubs in 2000. His best season came in High-A in 1998, pitching for Winston-Salem, where he went 13-1 with a 2.31 in 35 relief appearances. He also had five saves, striking out 90 over 78.0 innings. He then spent the 1999 and 2000 seasons in Double-A, before finishing his professional career in Triple-A. In 1997 he was 8-4 with a 3.41 ERA over 36 relief appearances, also compiling 10 saves. Over 166 career minor league games he had a 33-19 record and 307 strikeouts over 345.0 innings.

He graduated with a degree in psychology in 1996. This past fall he married his wife, Connie.

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VoluNTeer assisTaNT CoaCHStanford (1996)1st Season


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20 elliott ByerS

PiTCHerBats: Right • Throws: Right6-3 • 220 • SophomoreScranton, PAScranton Preparatory School

Summer Ball: Rebounded following surgery to produce a 2.40 ERA over 13 relief appear-ances for Amsterdam in the New York Collegiate Summer League in 2009 … struck out 24 over 15.0 innings, allowing just 10 hits as opponents hit just .179 against him.

As a Freshman in 2009: Missed the entire season while recovering from “Tommy John” surgery.

High School: Graduated in 2008 from Scranton (Pa.) Preparatory School, where he earned four letters in baseball and two in basketball … was one of the country’s top prep pitchers … helped Scranton to Lackawann League Division-I titles in 2006 and 2008, while he was a first-team all-league selection all four years … despite his team winning all four games during his junior campaign, finished 1-2 with a 1.90 ERA and 85 strikeouts in 57 innings … pitched Scranton to the district championship and state playoffs his senior year, going 4-1 with a 1.00 ERA and 48 strikeouts in just 21 innings of work … earned academic honor roll status all four years … coached by Rich Beviglia … played for the prestigious East Cobb Titans club in 2006, helping the team to CABA World Series and Super 7 Championships.

Personal Information: Son of Scott and June Byers … has two brothers, Evan and Bo, and one sister, Lexi … undeclared major.

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41 Peter aBraMS

CaTCHerBats: Left • Throws: Right5-10 • 190 • SophomorePalo Alto, CAPalo Alto HS

As a Freshman in 2009: Was not a member of the club’s final 35-man roster.

High School: Graduated in 2008 from nearby Palo Alto High School, which is across the street from the Stanford campus … four-year letterman helped the Vikings to CCS playoff berths in both 2006 and 2008 … was named to the All-SCVAL De Anza division team as a senior in 2008 … was team captain during his senior campaign in 2008 … led Paly in RBIs as both a sophomore and a senior … also lettered one year in football … played for three summers with NorCal Baseball (2005-07), the same program that produced Cardinal greats Jonny Ash, Chris Carter, Jason Castro, Tim Cunningham and Erik Davis.

Personal Information: Son of Bill and Marilyn Abrams … has two brothers, Teddy and Michael … undeclared major.

23 Brian BuSiCk

PiTCHerBats: Right • Throws: Right6-3 • 200 • SophomorePoway, CAPoway HS

Team USA: Has already donned the red, white and blue of Team USA, pitching for the Pony National Team at the 2007 USA Baseball Tournament of Stars in Cary, N.C.

As a Freshman in 2009: Pitched in 11 games during his freshman season, including four starts in midweek contests … went 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA over 12 innings … tossed a score-less, hitless inning in his collegiate debut February 25 versus Saint Mary’s, erasing a leadoff walk by inducing a double play ball … did not allow a run over his first seven appearances (one start), giving up just four hits over 7.0 innings … earned his first career win in his initial collegiate start, retiring all six batters faced in a 16-3 victory April 15 at Santa Clara.

High School: Graduated in 2008 from Poway High School near San Diego, where he was a four-year letterwinner during a stellar prep career … tied the Poway record for most career wins with a 24-5 prep ledger … was a second-team All-Palomar League selection and an all-state honoree after going 7-0 with a 2.30 ERA as a sophomore … finished 10-2 with a 1.85 ERA as a junior en route to first team All-Palomar League and first-team All-North County honors, along with second-team All-CIF San Diego Section accolades … was All-Palomar League honorable mention after logging a 6-3 record and a 2.42 ERA … Poway was Palomar League champion in both 2005 and 2008, while capturing the Div. I San Diego Section CIF crown in both 2006 and 2008 … team finished 2008 ranked No. 8 in the nation by MaxPreps and No. 14 by USA Today … coached by Bob Parry.

Personal Information: Son of Ron and Cathy Busick … has two brothers, Brad and Josh … when he was born, he couldn’t move his right arm due to temporary paralysis caused by com-pressed nerves … he is now right-handed in everything he does … undeclared major.

Busick’s Career Statsyear era w-l aPP gS Cg Sv iP h r er BB So B/avg2009 4.50 1-1 11 4 0 0 12.0 12 6 6 3 6 .273totals 4.50 1-1 11 4 0 0 12.0 12 6 6 3 6 .273

Busick’s Career HighsInnings Pitched (Starter): 2.0 (twice), last: April 22, 2009 versus CaliforniaInnings Pitched (Reliever): 1.0 (5 times), last: April 26, 2009 versus ArizonaStrikeouts: 1 (6 times), last: April 29, 2009 versus Sacramento StateWinning Streak: 1 game (April 15, 2009)








29 Ben Clowe

CaTCHerBats: Right • Throws: Right6-0 • 195 • JuniorJacksonville, FLThe Bolles SchoolPronunciation: rhymes with glow

Summer Ball: Played for Waterloo in the Northwoods League in 2009 … had an excel-lent 2008 summer campaign with the Amsterdam Mohawks of the New York Collegiate Baseball League, batting .313 (26-for-83) with 14 runs, four doubles, four home runs and 19 RBIs in 23 games (22 starts) … helped his club to the NYCBL playoffs, where he went 5-for-15 (.333) with four runs, one double and a solo home run in four contests.

As a Sophomore in 2009: Rebounded from a slow start to finish the year batting .274 (37-for-135) with five doubles, three home runs and 11 RBIs in 46 games … opened the year 5-for-33 (.152) in his first 10 games through March 8 … after Stanford came back from its winter quarter finals break, batted .333 (34-for-102) over his final 36 contests, hitting safely in 24 … made 21 official starts (12 at catcher and nine at designated hit-ter), but often pinch-hit in the DH spot during the first turn through the lineup … tied his career high for hits and RBIs April 17 at Arizona State, going 3-for-4 while driving in three runs … matched his career-high with a five-game hitting streak May 1-6, going 8-for-19

(.421) with two homers … in fact, hammered all three of his homers in a five-game, 15 at-bat stretch May 3-9 … first longball was a solo shot in Stanford’s 3-2 victory May 3 at Washington State, while last one came as second of back-to-back homers (following Brent Milleville’s three-run shot) in 17-5 rout of New Mexico May 9 … was an even .300 hitter in Pac-10 play, going 18-for-60.

As a Freshman in 2008: Played in 28 games, including three starts behind the plate, during his rookie campaign … batted an even .300 (15-for-50), while showing his power potential with four doubles and three home runs in just 50 at-bats (good for a .560 slugging percentage) … caught in 17 games overall, handling all 16 chances without an error … blistered non-conference pitching to the tune of a .400 average (10-for-25) … singled at Saint Mary’s on March 5 for his first collegiate hit … set his career high for hits March 7 at Texas, going 3-for-4 with a double … his first collegiate home run was the second of back-to-back homers in the ninth inning at Oregon State on April 13 (following Sean Ratliff) … went 1-for-3 with a homer and a career-high 3 RBIs in Stanford’s 11-10 victory over San Francisco on April 16 … had only one postseason at-bat, but it was a memorable one … connected for a two-out, three-run homer in the ninth inning against Georgia that brought the Cardinal within 10-8 in its final College World Series game.

High School: Graduated in 2007 from The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla. … four-year letterwinner in baseball … was named a 2006 all-state honorable mention catcher and 2006 first-team All-First Coast Region catcher … was a state nominee for the 2006 Wendy’s High School Heisman Award … led his club to three district championships (2004, ’05, ’07) … helped his squad to the Florida Final Four in 2007 and the regional finals in 2005 … batted .380 with three home runs as a sophomore and .463 with five homers and 32 RBIs during his junior campaign … earned numerous national honors, including being named a National Merit Finalist, induction into the National Honor and Spanish National Honor Societies, AP Scholar with Distinction and the United States Army Reserve’s National Scholar-Athlete Award … won his school’s 2007 Calculus Award and was named the First Coast Region 2007 High School Scholar-Athlete … coached by Mike Boswell.

Personal Information: Son of David and Michelle Clowe … has one brother, Michael, and a sister, Audrey … management, science and engineering major.

Clowe’s Career Statsyear avg gP-gS aB r h 2B 3B hr rBi Slg% BB So oB% SB-att Po a e fld%2008 .300 28-3 50 9 15 4 0 3 9 .560 8 11 .397 0-0 16 1 0 1.0002009 .274 46-21 135 15 37 5 0 3 11 .378 10 28 .333 0-0 76 10 3 .966totals .281 74-24 185 24 52 9 0 6 20 .427 18 39 .351 0-0 92 11 3 .972

Clowe’s Career NCAA Tournament Statsyear avg gP-gS aB r h 2B 3B hr rBi Slg% BB So oB% SB-att Po a e fld%2008 1.000 3-0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 4.000 0 0 1.000 0-0 1 0 0 1.000totals 1.000 3-0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 4.000 0 0 1.000 0-0 1 0 0 1.000

Clowe’s Career HighsAt-bats: 6, May 12, 2009 at San Jose StateRuns: 3, April 27, 2009 versus San FranciscoHits: 3 (twice), last: April 17, 2009 at Arizona StateHome Runs: 1 (6 times), last: May 9, 2009 versus New MexicoRBIs: 3 (3 times), last: April 17, 2009 at Arizona StateCareer Grand Slams: NoneStolen Bases: No career stolen basesHitting Streak: 5 games (twice), last: May 1-6, 2009

Ben Clowe


18 SCott Colton

ouTfielderBats: Right • Throws: Right6-3 • 205 • SophomoreNewport Beach, CAMater Dei HS

Summer Ball: Played for Rockridge in the summer of 2009, batting .207 over 27 games.

As a Freshman in 2009: Was on Stanford’s 35-man roster, but did not appear in a game.

High School: Graduated in 2008 from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif. … was a four-year letterwinner for the baseball powerhouse, helping the Monarchs to Trinity League titles in 2007 and 2008, along with a CIF-Southern Section Division-I crown in 2005 … earned first team All-Trinity League and All-CIF Southern Section honors following a stellar 2007 season in which he hit .436 with eight home runs and 34 RBIs … also set school records with 45 hits and 14 doubles … was named to the National Classic All-Tournament team in 2007 … 2008 team captain was off to an incredible start to his senior campaign with six homers in just 10 games before suffering a season-ending injury … homered in three consecutive at-bats as a senior, and was named to the Lions Club all-tournament team … graduated with a 4.2 GPA … member of the National Honor Society and the California Scholastic Federation … coached by Burt Call.

Personal Information: Son of David and Linda Colton … has one brother, Tommy … father was a collegiate outfielder at UCLA (class of 1974) … undeclared major.

Stanley fiCh

ouTfielderBats: Right • Throws: Right6-4 • 230 • SophomoreBronx, NYThe Fieldston SchoolPronunciation: Fitch

Team USA: Has already donned the red, white and blue of Team USA, playing for the Pony National Team at the 2007 USA Baseball Tournament of Stars in Cary, N.C. … that club also featured fellow Cardinal Brian Busick.

Summer Ball: Played for Sag Harbor in the Atlantic Collegiate Summer League in 2009, batting .305 over 30 games with 17 runs and 19 RBIs (both second on the team) … also stole eight of nine bases.

As a Freshman in 2009: Was not on Stanford’s final 35-man roster.

High School: Graduated in 2008 from Ethical Culture Fieldston School in the Bronx, N.Y. … earned three letters in baseball, and was named team captain for three years … was a first-team All-Ivy League selection in 2006, 2006 and 2008 … also played football and basketball … on the hardwood, was a team captain and second-team All-Ivy League performer.

Personal Information: Son of Miguel Fich and Reyna Valdez … has four brothers, Miguel, Jr., Brynner, Harold and Kevin … comes from an athletic family … father, Miguel, played minor league baseball from 1980-83, but suffered a career-ending shoulder injury … cousin is Major League pitcher Antonio Alfonseca, who won a World Series ring with the Florida Marlins in 1997 and compiled 129 career saves between 1997-2007 for the Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers and Philadelphia Phillies … is also cousins with pitcher Manny Santillan, who was a top prospect in the Houston Astros orga-nization before suffering a career-ending arm injury in 2004 … political science major.









2 adaM gaylord

iNfielderBats: Right • Throws: Right6-3 • 210 • SeniorLa Mirada, CALa Mirada HS

Summer Ball: Played for the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks during the 2008 summer campaign, batting .269 (21-for-78) with 11 runs, three doubles, one home run, 10 RBIs and three stolen bases in 25 games … spent the 2007 summer season with the Waterloo Bucks of the Northwoods League, where he hit .280 with seven doubles and 19 RBIs.

As a Junior in 2009: Emerged as one of Stanford’s most consistent players, while holding the third base starting job … established career-highs in every offensive category except triples, batting .289 (46-for-159) with 23 runs, 10 doubles, two home runs and 27 RBIs … played in 48 games, including 45 starts … Stanford played over .600 ball in his 43 starts at the hot corner, going 26-17 … hit safely in 33 of his 46 games with an at-bat, including 12 multi-hit contests … was at his best in the clutch, going 16-for-46 (.348) with runners in scoring position … was a .330 hitter (30-for-91) in 28 home games … his first two at-bats came in the same inning February 21 versus Vanderbilt (Game 1), and he went 2-for-2 with a three-run double to highlight Stanford’s seven-run, eighth-inning outburst … hit at a .344 clip (11-for-32) during a career-best nine-game hitting streak April 11-24 … connected on his first career home run April 19 at Arizona State, belting a solo shot … factored in six runs during Stanford’s 12-4 victory over San Francisco April

27, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored, two doubles and a career-high four RBIs … tied his career high for hits May 5 versus San Jose State, finishing 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs … finished the season on an 8-for-20 (.400) roll over the final six games, with a double, homer and four RBIs.

As a Sophomore in 2008: Had playing time limited due to emergence of shortstop Jake Schlander at short and MLB draft choice Cord Phelps at second base … however, still played a valuable role off the Cardinal bench … appeared in 16 games, including three starts … was in the lineup at third base May 19 at Arizona, and went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI … started at third in consecutive games at Washington (May 24 and 25).

As a Freshman in 2007: Played a huge role on the club in his rookie season, starting 38 of Stanford’s 56 games at shortstop … played in a total of 47 contests, hitting a respect-able .283 (32-for-113) with 10 RBIs … added five doubles, a triple, six walks, three hit by pitches and three sacrifice bunts (tied for second on the club) … was the Cardinal’s Opening Day shortstop, and went 1-for-3 at Cal State Fullerton … in fact, opened his Stanford career by hitting safely in his first nine games from February 2-23 … posted a .936 fielding percentage, committing 10 errors in 154 total chances … went 13 straight games without making an error from April 5-May 1 … had a season-high three hits on two occasions, going 3-for-4 on March 25 at Sacramento State and 3-for-3 on May 1 versus Santa Clara … played in 19 of the 24 Pac-10 contests, including 19 starts.

High School: Graduated in 2006 from La Mirada (Calif.) High School … named first-team All-CIF Southern Section, first team All-Area by the Whittier Daily News and second-team All-Area by the Long Beach Press Telegram as a senior in 2006, when he also won Suburban League Most Valuable Player honors and a team coaches award … hit .393 with two home runs and 21 RBIs to go along with 31 runs scored, 44 hits and eight doubles as a senior … twice named Student-Athlete of the Week during 2005 and 2006 by the Long Beach Press Telegram … hit .342 with one homer and 29 RBIs and eight stolen bases to go along with 21 runs scored, 28 hits and nine doubles to earn 2005 first-team All-Suburban League shortstop, Team MVP and first team All-Region shortstop honors from the Whittier Daily News … named the first-team All-Suburban League designated hitter, second-team all-region by the Whittier Daily News and team Rookie of the Year in 2004 when he hit .312 with a homer and 18 RBIs … helped his team to a 66-26-1 overall record during his three prep campaigns and three consecutive Suburban League titles (2004-06) … led his team to a 24-7 record and the CIF Southern Section Division III quarterfinals during his senior year as well as the 2006 Bishop Gorman Easter Classic title … helped his squad to a 19-10-1 record in 2005 and a CIF Southern Section second round appear-ance … member of a 2004 squad that went 23-9 and made the CIF Southern Section semifinals … three-time winner of the Team Scholar-Athlete Award in baseball (2004-06) … also lettered in football at wide receiver and quarterback … had 12 receptions for 220 receiving yards during the 2004 season, when he helped his squad to the second round of the 2004 CIF Southern Section Division-VI playoffs … won his football team’s Scholar-Athlete Award in 2004 … graduated with highest honors and was voted Male Athlete of the Year in 2006 … also earned his school’s PTSA Scholar Award in 2006 … was honored with the school’s El Toro Award for graduating with more than 250 hours of community service through the Positive Alternatives student organization … coached in baseball by Kim Brooks.

Personal Information: Son of Ken and Debbie Gaylord … was born in Long Beach, Calif. … has one sister, Jennifer, and one brother, Brian … father, Ken, was a first baseman at UCLA (1975-76), earning first team All-Pac-8 honors in 1976 … Ken has also been the head baseball coach at Cerritos Community College since 1993 … majoring in political science.

Gaylord’s Career Statsyear avg gP-gS aB r h 2B 3B hr rBi Slg% BB So oB% SB-att Po a e fld%2007 .283 47-38 113 17 32 5 1 0 10 .345 6 22 .336 0-1 48 96 10 .9352008 .067 16-3 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 .067 0 2 .067 0-0 0 8 2 .8002009 .289 48-45 159 23 46 10 0 2 27 .390 4 30 .314 1-3 23 95 10 .922totals .275 111-86 287 41 79 15 1 2 38 .355 10 54 .310 1-4 71 199 22 .925

Gaylord’s Career HighsAt-bats: 6, May 12, 2009 at San Jose StateRuns: 3, April 13, 2009 versus CaliforniaHits: 3 (3 times), last: May 5, 2009 versus San Jose StateHome Runs: 1 (twice), last: May 19, 2009 versus UC DavisRBIs: 4, April 27, 2009 versus San FranciscoCareer Grand Slams: NoneStolen Bases: 1, April 17, 2009 at Arizona StateHitting Streak: 9 games, April 11-24, 2009

Adam Gaylord



11 david giuliani

ouTfielderBats: Both • Throws: Right5-10 • 200 • JuniorThorofare, NJWest Deptford HSPronunciation: JOO-lee-ahni

Summer Ball: Helped the Amsterdam Mohawks to the playoffs of the New York Collegiate Baseball League in 2008, batting .263 (20-for-76) with two doubles, one triple, one home run, eight RBIs and four stolen bases in 25 games … drove in three runs over the club’s three playoff contests, going 2-for-9 (.222).

As a Sophomore in 2009: Saw action in seven games, including four pinch-running appear-ances … tallied the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning February 21 versus Vanderbilt (Game 2), scoring all the way from first on a two-out double … alertly came home when the ball was bobbled by the center fielder for an error … scored the game-tying run as a pinch-runner during Stanford’s four-run, ninth-inning rally in a 14-13 victory over Pacific May 13 … was hitless in his two at-bats, both coming in a pinch-hit role.

As a Freshman in 2008: Saw limited action during his rookie campaign, playing in only three games … made his collegiate debut as a defensive replacement against Nebraska … received his only at-bat in a pinch-hitting role March 24 at Pacific.

High School: Graduated in 2007 from West Deptford (N.J.) High School … earned first-team All-South Jersey honors by both the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Gloucester County Times for each of his final three seasons (2005-07) … added 2006 and 2007 AP and The Star-Ledger first-team all-state honors as well as a selection as the Gloucester County Player of the Year in 2005 … hit .556 with 10 home runs as a senior … holds many single-season records at his school, including a .579 batting average, 54 runs scored and 55 hits that he accomplished during his sophomore season, as well as the 10 homers he hit as a senior … also holds his school’s career records for batting average (.519), hits (171) and home runs (25) … led his team to four consecutive Colonial Conference titles and the Diamond Classic championship as a senior in 2007, when he pitched a complete game in the title contest … also played running back and free safety for two seasons of football in 2003 and 2004, helping his squad to two South, Group II state sectional titles and a 24-0 overall record … graduated in the top-10 percent of his class and was a member of the honor roll all four years.

Personal Information: Son of Richard and Lillian Giuliani … has two sisters, Michelle and Andrea … Andrea was a star midfielder for the Rider women’s soccer team, earning the squad’s Player of the Year and All-MAAC honors … undeclared major.

Giuliani’s Career Statsyear avg gP-gS aB r h 2B 3B hr rBi Slg% BB So oB% SB-att Po a e fld%2008 .000 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0-0 0 0 0 .---2009 .000 7-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0-0 0 0 0 .---totals .000 10-0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0-0 0 0 0 .---

15 ChriStian griffithS

CaTCHer/ouTfielderBats: Both • Throws: Right6-2 • 180 • SophomoreApple Valley, CAGranite Hills HS

Summer Ball: Appeared in 40 games in the Northwoods Summer League in 2009, playing for Waterloo, batting .210 with 12 RBIs.

As a Freshman in 2009: Played in 15 games as a freshman, including a pair of midweek starts at designated hitter … also saw action at catcher (one game) and first base (two contests) … went 5-for-21 (.238), with a double, RBIs and two walks … was effective as a pinch-hitter, going 4-for-12 (.333) … made his collegiate debut in the first game of a February 21 doubleheader versus Vanderbilt, and drew a pinch-walk in his first plate appearance … singled February 25 versus Saint Mary’s for his first career hit, finishing the game 1-for-4 in his initial start (at DH) … collected his first career extra-base hit and RBIs on one swing of the bat March 30 at Pacific, coming off the bench for a pinch-hit, run-scoring double.

High School: Graduated in 2008 from Granite Hills High School in Apple Valley, Calif., where he was a four-year letterwinner … was a three-time first-team All-Desert Sky League selection (2006-08) … also earned all-area accolades each of his final three campaigns (2006-08) … earned Desert Sky League MVP honors as a senior in 2008, while he was also selected area MVP and was named to the All-San Bernardino County first team … was named the Granite Hills rookie of the year as a freshman in 2005, while he was tabbed team MVP following his junior season … was voted team captain for the 2007 and 2008 campaigns … established all-time school records for batting average (.458), hits (116), doubles (29), home runs (21) and RBIs (80), while setting single-season marks for hits (42), runs scored (42), home runs (10) and slugging percentage … was selected by the MLB Scouting Bureau as one of the country’s top 200 amateur baseball players prior to the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

Personal Information: Son of Brad and Cathy Griffiths … has one brother, Buddy, and one sister, Cameo …undeclared major.

Griffiths’ Career Statsyear avg gP-gS aB r h 2B 3B hr rBi Slg% BB So oB% SB-att Po a e fld%2008 .238 15-2 21 1 5 1 0 0 1 .286 2 10 .304 0-0 4 0 0 1.000totals .238 15-2 21 1 5 1 0 0 1 .286 2 10 .304 0-0 4 0 0 1.000

Griffiths’ Career HighsAt-bats: 4, February 25, 2009 versus Saint Mary’sRuns: 1, February 21, 2009 versus Vanderbilt (Game 1)Hits: 1 (5 times), last: April 24, 2009 versus ArizonaHome Runs: No career home runsRBIs: 1, March 30, 2009 at PacificCareer Grand Slams: NoneStolen Bases: No career stolen bases

David Giuliani Christian Griffiths








5 zaCh JoneS

CaTCHer/THird BasemaNBats: Right • Throws: Right6-0 • 185 • JuniorDraper, UTJordan HS

Summer Ball: Played for Brewster in the prestigious Cape Cod League in 2009, batting .270 over 31 games … donned a Waterloo Bucks uniform for the 2008 summer season, playing in 38 games.

As a Sophomore in 2009: Stanford’s Opening Night third baseman developed into a premier defensive catcher … made a pair of starts in the season’s first week, then moved behind the plate on a permanent basis … started 41 of Stanford’s final 43 games at catcher, including each of the last 36 contests … led the Pac-10 by throwing out 24 attempted base stealers, while nailing 40 percent of would-be thieves (60 attempts) … also paced conference catch-ers by picking off five runners … on the flip side, led Stanford and tied for third in the Pac-10 with 18 stolen bases (in 22 attempts) … marked the most steals by a Cardinal player since 2003, when Brian Hall also swiped 18 bags … was successful on 15 of his last 16 stolen base attempts … Stanford was 26-17 (.605) in his 43 starts at catcher … also logged 12 starts at third base … posted an overall .990 fielding percentage, committing just four errors in 387 total chances … saw his offensive numbers dip from his freshman campaign, batting

.239 with three doubles, one triple, three home runs and 26 RBIs … logged 15 multi-hit games, while tying his career high with three hits on three occasions … went 3-for-6 with two RBIs in Stanford’s 6-5, Opening Night victory over Vanderbilt … finished 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs in a 7-1 win March 7 versus Texas … was 3-for-4 with two runs, two RBIs and a steal in a 14-13, comeback win May 13 over Pacific … had four two-steal games (April 13 and 22 versus California, April 29 versus Sacramento State and May 9 versus New Mexico) … delivered a tie-breaking, two-run single in the seventh inning to give Stanford its final win of the year, a 7-6 triumph over Oregon State May 23.

As a Freshman in 2008: After seeing a lot of time behind the plate during fall ball, seized Stanford’s starting third base job early in his rookie campaign … made his first start at the hot corner on February 25 versus Saint Mary’s, and was the Cardinal’s starting third baseman for 58 of the team’s final 64 games … Stanford went 38-18-2 in his 58 starts at third, while winning his lone start in left field (February 23 versus Nebraska) … batted .249 (52-for-209) with 13 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 33 RBIs in 64 contests overall … led the club with 11 stolen bases, while only being caught twice … also paced the team with 13 sacrifice bunts … was a .262 hitter (16-for-61) with seven RBIs in 22 Pac-10 games (21 starts) … played third base in 61 games, caught in three contests and played left field in one game, but committed only 10 errors in 314 total chances (.936 fielding percentage) … hammered a two-run, pinch-hit home run in his first collegiate at-bat, which came during the opener of a February 22 doubleheader versus Nebraska … set his career high with four RBIs May 12 versus Santa Clara, going 2-for-4 with a run scored and a double … had 13 multi-hit games, including a trio of three-hit efforts (March 2 versus Cal State Fullerton, April 5 versus Arizona State and April 26 versus USC) … hit safely in 14 of 17 contests from April 4-26, batting .375 (21-for-56) with four doubles, one triple and 10 RBIs … started all 11 postseason contests at third base, and tied for third on the club with eight runs scored … was just 6-for-38 (.158) with one double, one triple and five RBIs … drove in four runs over the final four games of the NCAA Regional, including two in the first elimination contest versus Pepperdine … also finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a double and an RBIs in an 8-4 Regional win over UC Davis … went 2-for-5 with a run scored and an RBIs in a 16-5 victory over Florida State in the College World Series opener.

High School: Graduated in 2007 from Jordan High School in Sandy, Utah … was a three-time first-team all-state selection (2005-07) … was chosen the 2007 Utah 5A Most Valuable Player … led Jordan to the 2007 state 5-A title and runner-up finishes in 2005 and 2006 … hit .458 with three home runs and 34 RBIs as a senior … coached by Ron Anderson.

Personal Information: Son of Mark and Michelle Jones … has one sister, Brooke, and two brothers, Reggie and Hunter … undeclared major.

Jones’ Career Statsyear avg gP-gS aB r h 2B 3B hr rBi Slg% BB So oB% SB-att Po a e fld%2008 .249 64-59 209 36 52 13 2 3 33 .373 18 57 .316 11-13 49 98 10 .9362009 .239 55-55 201 27 48 3 1 3 26 .308 26 39 .342 18-22 312 71 4 .990totals .244 119-114 410 63 100 16 3 6 59 .341 44 96 .329 29-35 361 169 14 .974

Jones’ Career NCAA Tournament Statsyear avg gP-gS aB r h 2B 3B hr rBi Slg% BB So oB% SB-att Po a e fld%2008 .158 11-11 38 8 6 1 1 0 5 .237 3 10 .233 2-2 8 16 2 .923totals .158 11-11 38 8 6 1 1 0 5 .237 3 10 .233 2-2 8 16 2 .923

Jones’ Career HighsAt-bats: 6, February 20, 2009 versus VanderbiltRuns: 3 (twice), last: April 13, 2009 versus CaliforniaHits: 3 (6 times), last: May 13, 2009 versus PacificHome Runs: 1 (6 times), last: March 28, 2009 versus WashingtonRBIs: 4, May 12, 2008 versus Santa ClaraCareer Grand Slams: NoneStolen Bases: 2 (5 times), last: May 9, 2009 versus New MexicoHitting Streak: 6 games, April 4-11, 2008

Zach Jones

Since 1993, eight starting catchers have gone on to play professionally. Four have reached the Major Leagues, and a fifth, Jason Castro, is currently one of the top prospects in the Astros organization. Here are Stanford’s most recent backstops:

Starting Catchers Since 19931993-96 A.J. Hinch (3rd round)1997 Jon Schaeffer (9th round)1998-00 Damien Alvarado (free agent signee)2001-03 Ryan Garko (3rd round)2004 Donny Lucy (2nd round)2005-06 John Hester (13th round)2007 Brian Juhl (35th round)2008 Jason Castro (1st round)2009 Zach Jones



30 Jonathan kaSkow

firsT BasemaNBats: Both • Throws: Right6-4 • 225 • JuniorCoppell, TXCoppell HSPronunciation: CASS-co

Summer Ball: Hit .210 over 38 games in the Alaska Summer League for the Peninsula Oliers … spent his 2008 summer campaign in the Northwoods League, playing for the Wisconsin Woodchucks … batted .278 (30-for-108) with 27 runs, two doubles, three home runs and 23 RBIs in 33 games.

As a Sophomore in 2009: Played in 35 games, including 11 official starts … went 17-for-69 (.246) with four doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs … made seven starts at first base and four as the designated hitter … also pinch-hit in the DH spot the first time through the lineup on three occasions … was at his best in the clutch, going 9-for-24 (.375) with runners in scoring position … collected his first career RBIs in the first game of a February 21 doubleheader versus Vanderbilt, finishing the contest 2-for-2 … made his first collegiate start at first base March 7 versus Texas, and belted his first collegiate homer – a solo shot leading off the sixth … finished 2-for-3 in Stanford’s 7-1 victory over the Longhorns … started eight straight contests, including the last seven at first base … went 2-for-5 with a homer and a career-high three RBIs March 21 at California … drove

in a pair of runs March 23 at Cal and April 15 at Santa Clara … handled all 67 of his defensive chances without making an error.

As a Freshman in 2008: Saw limited action during his rookie season, appearing in six games off the bench … went 1-for-5, with one run scored … handled his seven defensive chances without an error … made his collegiate debut in the opener of a February 22 doubleheader versus Nebraska, scoring a run in Stanford’s 17-7 victory … singled versus Cal State Fullerton on March 1 for his first career hit … was with the team throughout the postseason, but did not play.

High School: Graduated in 2007 from Coppell (Texas) High School … earned several national honors as a senior in 2007, when he batted .513 with 32 runs scored, five hom-ers and 35 RBIs … was named the Pro-Line Player of the Year by the Texas High School Baseball Coaches’ Association, a Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger honorable mention All-American … added all-state, all-area, All-District 6-5A, Team MVP and co-captain honors during the 2007 campaign … ranked 67th among the 2007 Top 100 high school prospects by Baseball America … hit .455 with seven homers and 22 RBIs as a junior in 2006 en route to all-state and all-area honors, while also being named the District 6-5A Offensive Player of the Year … led his team to the regional semifinals in 2005 and 2007, and the second round of the 2006 Bi-District Tournament … coached by Don English.

Personal Information: Son of Chris and Jan Kaskow … born in Lewisville, Texas … has two brothers, Andrew and Matthew … father, Chris, played men’s doubles tennis at Wimbledon in 1977 and collegiate tennis for Oklahoma State from 1977-81 … majoring in economics.

Kaskow’s Career Statsyear avg gP-gS aB r h 2B 3B hr rBi Slg% BB So oB% SB-att Po a e fld%2008 .200 6-0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 .200 0-0 7 0 0 1.0002009 .246 35-11 69 8 17 4 0 2 11 .391 8 16 .350 0-0 62 5 0 1.000totals .243 41-11 74 9 18 4 0 2 11 .378 8 16 .341 0-0 69 5 0 1.000

Kaskow’s Career HighsAt-bats: 5, March 21, 2009 at CaliforniaRuns: 1 (9 times), last: April 15, 2009 at Santa ClaraHits: 2 (3 times), last: March 21, 2009 at CaliforniaHome Runs: 1 (twice), last: March 21, 2009 at CaliforniaRBIs: 3, March 21, 2009 at CaliforniaCareer Grand Slams: NoneStolen Bases: No career stolen basesHitting Streak: 4 games, March 6-21, 2009

Jonathan Kaskow








21 kellen kiilSgaard

ouTfielderBats: Left • Throws: Left6-2 • 225 • JuniorAuburn, WAAuburn HSPronunciation: kills-GUARD

2009 firsT Team all-PaC-10

Summer Ball: Named the seventh-best prospect by Baseball America in the Alaska Summer League in 2009 after playing for the Anchorage Bucs, batting .295 over 39 starts with a team-high 26 RBIs and 24 runs, to go along with seven doubles, two triples and a homer … also stole nine of 11 bases.

As a Sophomore in 2009: Burst upon the collegiate season with a tremendous sophomore campaign … earned first team All-Pac-10 honors after batting .313 (63-for-201) with 37 runs, 14 doubles, one triple, nine home runs and 46 RBIs in 53 games … added a .527 slugging percentage and a .411 on-base mark … RBI total tied for ninth in the Pac-10, while he hit .352 (31-for-88) with runners in scoring position … pinch-hit in the designated hitter spot in the second game of the season, made his first start in the fourth contest and started Stanford’s last 50 games in right field … hit safely in 38 of his 53 games overall, while collecting at least one RBI in 26 contests … ranked second on the club with 20 multi-hit games, while he was third with 11 multi-RBI efforts … belted a solo homer February 21 versus Vanderbilt (Game 1) for his first collegiate hit and RBIs … logged his

first multi-hit effort with a 2-for-4, two-RBI performance March 1 at Cal State Fullerton … connected on a solo homer March 8 versus Texas … nearly single-handedly lifted Stanford to a 6-5, 12-inning victory March 22 at California, going 3-for-4 with a double, two hom-ers (first career multi-HR game) and four RBIs … led off the ninth with a game-tying solo homer, put the Cardinal ahead with a homer in the 11th and drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded walk in the 12th … came through with a two-out, RBI-single in the eighth inning April 1 versus Santa Clara, lifting the Cardinal to a 6-5 win … snapped a 2-2 tie with a sixth-inning, solo homer April 11 versus UCLA, propelling Stanford to a 7-2 victory … collected a career-high six RBIs and fell a homer shy of the cycle during a 14-4 rout of Cal April 13, finishing 3-for-5 with a double, triple and a walk … hit at a .373 clip (19-for-51) with nine RBIs during a career-best 12-game hitting streak May 2-17 … delivered the game-winning, last at-bat hit on consecutive nights May 12 and 13 … his RBI-single in the 13th inning gave the Cardinal a 6-5 victory May 12 at San Jose State … delivered a two-out, two-strike, two-run single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift Stanford to a 14-13 win over Pacific May 13 … hit came with the Cardinal trailing 13-12, and capped the club’s comeback from a 13-10 deficit entering the ninth … ham-mered five homers and collected 21 RBIs in 27 Pac-10 contests.

As a Freshman in 2008: Was slowed at the onset after playing on the Stanford football team during the fall of 2007 … appeared in only three games, all off the bench … was hitless in three official at-bats, but scored a run … made his collegiate debut in the season opener February 22 versus Nebraska, appearing in the first game of a doubleheader and drawing a pinch-hit walk in his only plate appearance … was with the team throughout the postseason, but did not play.

High School: 2007 graduate of Auburn (Wash.) High School, where he was a two-sport standout in baseball and football … tabbed a 2007 first-team all-state outfielder when he hit .440 with four homers and 29 RBIs as a senior … batted .535 with four home runs and 26 RBIs during a big 2005 sophomore campaign, while also contributing an 8-1 record and a 1.10 ERA on the hill to earn first-team all-state recognition as a pitcher as well as South Puget Sound League MVP honors … helped his team to four consecutive conference titles (2004-07) and appearances in the state tournament all four years … led the club to second-place finishes at both the 2006 and 2007 state 4A tournaments … became the first high school player to hit a home run at Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners, during the 2006 state tournament … Auburn logged an overall 92-14 record during his prep career … lettered three times in football while playing quarterback, free safety and kicker … racked up 989 rushing yards and 23 touchdowns as a senior, while adding 1,035 yards through the air and 15 passing touchdowns to earn 2006 Seattle Area Offensive Player of the Year by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer … was a first team all-state selection at both quarterback and free safety in 2006, while being named his league’s Offensive and Defensive MVP … also was named conference Offensive and Defensive MVP as a junior in 2005 … entered his school’s record books as the all-time leader in single-season rushing touchdowns (23), single-season total offense (1,919 yards) and extra points made in a single game (8) … led his football team to four South Puget Sound League crowns (2003-06) and the semifinals of the 2006 state 3A tournament, when he helped his squad set school records in wins (12) and offensive production (402 yards and 41.0 points per game) … was chosen as the National Football Foundation’s Western Region National Scholar-Athlete in 2007, the first ever selection from the state of Washington … coached in baseball by Tim Kuykendall.

Personal Information: Son of Kjel and Leslie Kiilsgaard … has two sisters, Elise and Linnea … comes from an athletic family … sister, Linnea, was one of the country’s top collegiate volleyball players during her four-year career at Northern Colorado (2000-03) … she was a two-time first-team All-American (2002 and 2003), while she finished her career fourth all-time in NCAA history for assists per game … she also set school records for career assists and career assists per game … father, Kjel, was a linebacker at Idaho from 1973-77 and was an honorable mention All-American in 1976 … grandfather, Carl, was an offensive tackle for Idaho (1946-49), was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in 1950 and was inducted into the Vandal Athletics Hall of Fame … communication major.

Kiilsgaard’s Career Statsyear avg gP-gS aB r h 2B 3B hr rBi Slg% BB So oB% SB-att Po a e fld%2008 .000 3-0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 .250 0-0 0 0 0 .---2009 .313 53-51 201 37 63 14 1 9 46 .527 27 45 .411 1-3 94 1 4 .960totals .309 56-51 204 38 63 14 1 9 46 .520 28 47 .408 1-3 94 1 4 .960

Kiilsgaard’s Career HighsAt-bats: 6, May 12, 2009 at San Jose StateRuns: 3, May 9, 2009 versus New MexicoHits: 3 (5 times), last: May 12, 2009 at San Jose StateHome Runs: 2, March 22, 2009 at CaliforniaRBIs: 6, April 13, 2009 versus CaliforniaCareer Grand Slams: NoneStolen Bases: 1, May 2, 2009 at Washington StateHitting Streak: 12 games, May 2-17, 2009Kellen Kiilsgaard



37 MiChael MarShall

PiTCHerBats: Right • Throws: Right6-3 • 240 • JuniorEl Paso, TXFranklin HS

Summer Ball: Played for Wisconsin in the Northwoods Summer League in 2009, appear-ing in five games with one start, producing a 4.09 ERA over 11.0 innings … struck out eight and walked four … was also the team’s primary designated hitter batting .203 … had a dominating 2008 summer campaign both on the mound and at the plate for the Woodstock River Bandits of the Valley Baseball League … made eight pitching appear-ances (one start), forging a 1.75 ERA (5er, 25.2ip) … held opposing hitters to a .190 batting average (19-for-100), with an astounding 45 strikeouts against only four walks in 25.2 innings … batted .301 (25-for-83) with five doubles, four home runs, 14 RBIs and a .506 slugging percentage in 22 games … added a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, handling 116 total chances without an error.

As a Sophomore in 2009: Tied for second on the club with 21 appearances, while he was second with a 4.10 ERA over 37.1 innings, allowing 17 earned runs … compiled 32 strikeouts, while issuing only 10 walks … made his first 18 appearances in relief, before closing the season with three straight starts … had a stellar effort in Stanford’s 6-5,

12-inning win March 22 at California, establishing career highs with 4.0 relief innings and five strikeouts … blanked the Bears from the seventh inning through the 10th … logged seven straight scoreless efforts April 13-27, with eight strikeouts in a combined 7.1 innings … fashioned a 2.42 ERA over a 12-outing, 22.1 inning, two-start stretch April 13-May 17 … made his first start of the season (second career) in a 6-5, 13-inning victory May 12 at San Jose State, working 5.0-innings of three-hit, shutout ball … set his career high for innings, while allowing just three singles with no walks and two strikeouts … took the ball for his first career Pac-10 start May 17 at USC, yielding three runs in 4.1 innings … also started May 23 versus Oregon State.

As a Freshman in 2008: Made an immediate impact on the hill during his rookie cam-paign, pitching in 16 games (one start) … finished with a 1-1 record, one save and a 6.10 ERA over 20.2 innings … did not allow an earned run over his final seven appearances and 8.1 innings, a run that began April 28 and spanned through the postseason … limited opponents to a paltry .115 batting average during the stretch (3-for-26), with only one extra-base hit … stranded 13 of 18 inherited runners (72.2%), including 10 of his last 12 … made his collegiate debut during the first game of an opening day doubleheader against Nebraska (February 22) … recorded his first save April 13 at Oregon State, retiring his only two batters faced to close out a 4-2 Stanford victory … made his only start April 21 at Santa Clara, working the first 2.0 innings … earned his first win with 2.2 innings of hitless, scoreless relief (1hbp) May 4 at San Jose State … made three relief appearances during the NCAA Tournament, tossing 1.2 scoreless innings (1h,1bb,1so) … made his postseason debut with 0.1 inning May 30 versus UC Davis in Regional action, and pitched twice at the College World Series … tossed a scoreless inning June 14 against Florida State in the Omaha opener, and retired his only batter faced June 16 versus Georgia.

High School: Graduated in 2007 from Franklin High School in El Paso, Texas, after attend-ing Fossil Ridge High School in Keller, Texas, for his freshman and sophomore years … was a two-sport standout, playing both baseball and football �

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