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Feb. 19, at Georgia Southern, 6 p.m. Feb. 20, at Georgia Southern, 4 p.m. Feb. 21, at Georgia Southern, 12:30 p.m. Feb. 26, Cleveland State, 3 p.m. Feb. 27, Cleveland State, 2 p.m. Feb. 28, Cleveland State, 1 p.m. March 2, at Vanderbilt, 4 p.m. March 6, Bradley (DH), 1 p.m. March 7, Bradley, 1 p.m. March 9, at South Alabama, 6 p.m. March 10, at South Alabama, 2 p.m. March 12, Buffalo, 3 p.m. March 13, Buffalo (DH), 1 p.m. March 14, Buffalo, 12 p.m. March 17, East Tennessee, 6 p.m. March 19, at Memphis, 6:30 p.m. March 20, at Memphis, 2 p.m. March 21, at Memphis, 1 p.m. March 23, at Belmont, 3 p.m. March 26, SIU-Edwardsville, 3 p.m. March 27, SIU-Edwardsville, 2 p.m. March 28, SIU-Edwardsville, 1 p.m. March 30, at Tennessee, 6 p.m. April 2, at Jacksonville State (OVC/DH), 1 p.m. April 3, at Jacksonville State (OVC), 1 p.m. April 6, at Lipscomb, 6 p.m. April 7, Lipscomb, 6 p.m. April 10, at Southeast Missouri (OVC/DH), 1 p.m. April 11, at Southeast Missouri (OVC), 1 p.m. April 13, Belmont, 6 p.m. April 17, Eastern Illinois (OVC/DH), 1 p.m. April 18, Eastern Illinois (OVC), 1 p.m. April 20, at Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m. April 24, Morehead State (OVC/DH), 1 p.m. April 25, Morehead State (OVC), 1 p.m. April 28, at East Tennessee, 6 p.m. May 1, at Eastern Kentucky (OVC/DH), 12 p.m. May 2, at Eastern Kentucky (OVC), 12 p.m. May 8, Austin Peay (OVC/DH), 1 p.m. May 9, Austin Peay (OVC), 1 p.m. May 11, Middle Tennessee, 6 p.m. May 15, at UT Martin (OVC/DH), 1 p.m. May 16, at UT Martin (OVC), 1 p.m. May 18, Western Carolina, 6 p.m. May 21, Murray State (OVC/DH), 1 p.m. May 22, Murray State (OVC), 1 p.m. May 26-30, at OVC Tournament June 5-8, at NCAA Regionals June 12-15, at NCAA Super Regionals June 20- at NCAA College World Series (DH) doubleheader (OVC) Ohio Valley Conference games Times listed are Central Dates and times subject to change Tennessee Tech Baseball 2010 Head Coach: Matt Bragga Follow Tech athletics at TTUsports.com Head Coach - Matt Bragga #11 - Adam Liberatore #11 - Adam Liberatore #19 - Brandon Crossman #19 - Brandon Crossman #4 - Tate McMillan #4 - Tate McMillan #9 - Lee Henry #9 - Lee Henry

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Feb. 19, at Georgia Southern, 6 p.m.Feb. 20, at Georgia Southern, 4 p.m.Feb. 21, at Georgia Southern, 12:30 p.m.Feb. 26, Cleveland State, 3 p.m.Feb. 27, Cleveland State, 2 p.m.Feb. 28, Cleveland State, 1 p.m.March 2, at Vanderbilt, 4 p.m.March 6, Bradley (DH), 1 p.m.March 7, Bradley, 1 p.m.March 9, at South Alabama, 6 p.m.March 10, at South Alabama, 2 p.m.March 12, Buffalo, 3 p.m.March 13, Buffalo (DH), 1 p.m.March 14, Buffalo, 12 p.m.March 17, East Tennessee, 6 p.m.March 19, at Memphis, 6:30 p.m.March 20, at Memphis, 2 p.m.March 21, at Memphis, 1 p.m.March 23, at Belmont, 3 p.m.March 26, SIU-Edwardsville, 3 p.m.March 27, SIU-Edwardsville, 2 p.m.March 28, SIU-Edwardsville, 1 p.m.March 30, at Tennessee, 6 p.m.April 2, at Jacksonville State (OVC/DH), 1 p.m.April 3, at Jacksonville State (OVC), 1 p.m.April 6, at Lipscomb, 6 p.m.April 7, Lipscomb, 6 p.m.April 10, at Southeast Missouri (OVC/DH), 1 p.m.

April 11, at Southeast Missouri (OVC), 1 p.m.April 13, Belmont, 6 p.m.April 17, Eastern Illinois (OVC/DH), 1 p.m.April 18, Eastern Illinois (OVC), 1 p.m.April 20, at Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m.April 24, Morehead State (OVC/DH), 1 p.m.April 25, Morehead State (OVC), 1 p.m.April 28, at East Tennessee, 6 p.m.

May 1, at Eastern Kentucky (OVC/DH), 12 p.m.May 2, at Eastern Kentucky (OVC), 12 p.m.May 8, Austin Peay (OVC/DH), 1 p.m.May 9, Austin Peay (OVC), 1 p.m.May 11, Middle Tennessee, 6 p.m.May 15, at UT Martin (OVC/DH), 1 p.m.May 16, at UT Martin (OVC), 1 p.m.May 18, Western Carolina, 6 p.m.May 21, Murray State (OVC/DH), 1 p.m.May 22, Murray State (OVC), 1 p.m.May 26-30, at OVC TournamentJune 5-8, at NCAA RegionalsJune 12-15, at NCAA Super RegionalsJune 20- at NCAA College World Series

(DH) doubleheader(OVC) Ohio Valley Conference games

Times listed are CentralDates and times subject to change

Tennessee Tech Baseball 2010Head Coach: Matt BraggaFollow Tech athletics atTTUsports.com

Head Coach - Matt Bragga

#11 - Adam Liberatore

#11 - Adam Liberatore

#19 - Brandon Crossman

#19 - Brandon Crossman

#4 - Tate McMillan

#4 - Tate McMillan

#9 - Lee Henry

#9 - Lee Henry

Tennessee Tech Baseball

2009 Ohio Valley

Conference Champions

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Bush Stadium ...................................... 2-3Golden Eagle Accomplishments ............42010 Season Outlook ......................... 5-72010 Roster .............................................8Golden Eagle Coaching Staff ........... 9-142010 Team Photo ..................................152010 Schedule ......................................16The 2010 Golden Eagles ................. 17-312009 Seniors .........................................322009 Season in Review ................... 33-352009 Statistics ................................. 36-37Major League Connections ............ 38-39

Inside The Guide

Honors and Awards ........................ 40-42The Last Time it Happened ..................43The Record Book ............................. 44-51All-Time Participation .................... 52-53The Ohio Valley Conference ........... 54-552009 Postseason ............................. 56-57All-Time Championships ................ 58-592010 OVC Tournament .........................612010 Opponents ............................. 62-65Building a Better Athlete .....................66Covering Tech ........................................67Tennessee Tech University ............. 68-80

Head Coach: Matt Bragga (Kentucky, 1994) Assistant Coaches / Assignments: Larry Bragga / Recruiting and Administration (Ohio State University, 1967) Chris Cole / Pitching staff / Recruiting (Thomas University, 2006) Justin Hogan / Infield / Hitting (Georgia Southwestern, 2006)2009 Record: 31-24-1 2009 OVC Record: 10-11-1 (5th)Lettermen Returning: 15 Lettermen Lost: 8Affiliation: NCAA Division IStadium: Bush Stadium at Averitt Express Baseball ComplexCapacity: 1,100

Golden Eagle Baseball Offices: Eblen Center (Rooms 324 - 326) Rob Schabert: Asst. A.D. 931-372-3088Nick Heidelberger: Baseball Contact 931-372-3293Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5057 TTU, Cookeville, TN 38505Overnight Address: 1100 McGee BlvdSID FAX: 931-372-6139Press Box Phones: 931-372-6032

Sports Information

Welcome to Tech Baseball

Location: Cookeville, Tenn.Founded: 1915Enrollment: 10,850Nickname: Golden EaglesColors: Purple and GoldConference: Ohio ValleyPresident: Dr. Robert BellFaculty Representative: Dr. Jeff RobertsDirector of Athletics: Mark WilsonAthletic Trainer: Joe ErdeljacAssistant A.D. for Sports Information: Rob Schabert

The University

Area Code is 931 Matt Bragga - Head Coach ................................................................ 372-3925Mark Wilson - Director of Athletics................................................. 372-3961 Frank Harrell - Compliance ................................................................ 372-3939Ben Shannon - Facilities ..................................................................... 372-3945Joe Erdeljac - Trainer ............................................................................ 372-3934Ticket Office ............................................................................................ 372-3940

Key Telephone Numbers

The 2010 Golden Eagle Baseball media Guide was produced by the Tennessee Tech Sports Information Office. Writing and layout design by Nick Heidelberger and Rob Schabert. Special thanks to Tony Marable, Amanda Nixon, Brittany Franklin and Judy Hees. Cover production by Roman Stone of WD Stone and Associates. Photography by Tony Marable, Dean Carothers and Jon Lucas. Tennessee Tech University: A constituent university of the Tennessee Board of Regents / # R067-000-10 An AA/EEO/Title IX/Section 504/ADA University.

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Built in 1978, Bush Stadium has been the home of Tennessee Tech base-ball for over 40 years. The Golden Eagles moved into the stadium at the start of the 1978 season, and won the first game ever played there, a 7-6 win over Eastern Kentucky. But Bush Stadium hasn’t always looked the way it does today. Over the past 15 years the facil-ity has seen tremendous upgrades. In 1995 Bush Stadium saw the addition of its 3,240 square-foot clubhouse. Among the features of the clubhouse are player and coaches’ locker rooms, coaches’ offices, team weight room and a team lounge area. In 1997 lights were added to the facility and the Golden Eagles played their first night game at home on March 25, 1997, a 9-6 loss to Tennessee. At the time, Tech was only the fourth school in

the Ohio Valley Conference to have a lit baseball field. The facility was dedicated as “Bush Stadium” in 1997 in honor of Howell W. Bush, who donated the funds needed to bring lights to the facility. The next addition to the facility came only a year later, in 1998, when a new press box was added to the top of the stands at Bush Stadium. The 460 square foot press box features three separate rooms to house game management, home and visiting media. In 2000 the team added a batting cage to the facility. The cage is inside a 3,600 square foot covered building adja-cent to the clubhouse. With all the additions over the years, Bush Stadium has transformed into a first-class baseball facility, and is truly a home field advantage to Tech baseball players.

Home Field AdvantageBush Stadium at

Averitt Express Baseball Complex

First game: March 25, 1978 (TTU 7, E. Kentucky 6)

First win: March 25, 1978 (TTU 7, E. Kentucky 6)

Home record under Bragga: 91-76-1 (.548)

Dedicated: Howell W. Bush Stadium (1997)

Seating capacity: 1,100

Dimensions: Left Field: 329 ft. Left Center: 365 ft. Center Field: 405 ft. Righ Center: 360 ft. Right Field: 330 ft.

Howell W. Bush(1915-2010)

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Building a Tradtion of Excellence

2009 AccomplishmentsF OVC Tournament Champions Perfect 4-0 record in OVC TournamentF 5th 30+ win season in school historyF First back-to-back 30+ win seasons in program historyF Six players named to the OVC All-Tournament TeamF Three players named All-OVCF Third all-time NCAA Regional AppearanceF Alex Henry named to the Clemson Regional All-Tournament team F Beat No. 14 Alabama in Clemson Regional and No. 8 Southern Miss in regular seasonF A.J. Kirby-Jones named Honorable Mention All-AmericaF Pitcher Ryan Dennick drafted by Kansas City RoyalsF Highest team GPA in program history for second consecutive year

2008 AccomplishmentsF 35 wins, second most in school historyFSchool record .969 fieldingpercentageF Highest team GPA in program historyF Thomas Nelson named first-teamAcademic All-AmericanF Four players named All-OVCF Three players named to the OVC All-Tournament TeamF Jake New drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers

Right: The Golden Eagles pile up after clinchig the OVC Tournament Champi-onship. Below: 2009 OVC Tournament Champions

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Great Expectations

Following one of the most exciting seasons in Golden Eagle baseball history, the bar has officially been raised for the Tennessee Tech baseball program. After tasting victory in the NCAA tournament in 2009, the Golden Eagles are out for more in 2010. And this Tech squad is poised to make another post-season run with a roster filled with experienced upperclassmen and promising newcomers. Tech returns six out of nine starting position players and nine of its top 11 pitchers, ERA-wise, from last season. And the Golden Eagles reloaded with a head-turning incoming class featuring 12 elite freshmen and four proven junior college transfers. With proven players, a dedicated coaching staff, and a blue-collar mentality, the 2010 Golden Eagles will be a force to be reckoned with in defense of their OVC championship.

A new standard has been set for Golden Eagle baseball

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Pitching Pitching should again be a strong point for the Golden Eagles as all-Ohio Valley Conference pitcher Lee Henry returns for his senior season. Henry went 9-3 with a 3.43 ERA last season, and threw five complete games in six starts on the year. He appeared in 21 games, and struck out 80 batters while allowing just 40 walks in 78.2 innings pitched. The frontrunners to join Henry in the weekend rotation are Adam Liberatore and Matthew Shepherd. Liberatore was a weekend starter to begin the 2009 season, but suffered a season-ending injury early in the year after going 2-0 with a perfect 0.00 ERA in three starts. He struck out 21 batters and allowed only six walks in 17 innings pitched, giving up only seven hits and no runs before under-going Tommy John surgery. Shepherd started eight games as a freshman in 2009 and made 12 to-tal appearances. He pitched 36.2 in-nings and finished the season with a 3-3 record. Shepherd also found suc-cess in the prestigious Valley Baseball League over the summer, finishing with a 1.95 ERA in nine appearances, throwing a total of 37 innings striking out 32 and walking only 6. Junior transfer Stephen Pryor also has a chance to crack the weekend rotation. Pryor was previously drafted by the Texas Rangers, and had a very strong fall at Tech. Whether it’s as a weekend starter, mid-week starter, or top flight reliever, Pryor will be a go-to guy on the Golden Eagle pitching

2009 Season Outlookstaff in 2010. Juniors A.J. Kirby-Jones and Chad Oberacker, who both excel at the plate and defensively around the diamond, are also expected to be top pitchers for coach Matt Bragga on the mound. Kirby-Jones will be Tech’s top closer, and has built a solid resume in two years on the mound at Tech. He led the team with a 2.92 ERA as a freshman in 2008, and led the team with three saves in 2009. Kirby-Jones had 52 strikeouts in 49.0 innings with a .247 opponents batting average in 2009. Oberacker started seven games on the mound and pitched in eight last season, throwing a total of 31.2 innings. He has pitched a total of 52.2 innings in his two-year Tech career, and has 54 strikeouts and a 5-5 record. Oberacker will also be relied heavily upon in late inning, tight game situations this spring for the Golden Eagles. Junior Chason Choate came on strong at the end of 2009. Choate started five games for the Golden Eagles, one of which was the OVC winner’s bracket Championship game. Choate had the second best ERA of any returning Tech pitcher, and led the team in opponent bat-ting average at just .241. Sophomores Ben Burgess and Chad Hayes, who both primarily play other positions, have proven they can win games on the mound as well. Hayes pitched a complete-game two-hit shutout in April and Burgess got his first collegiate win in the OVC tournament, which sent Tech to the OVC championship game. Freshman

Ryan Hopkins brings a strong pres-ence to the mound with a 6-foot-3 220 pound frame, and is expected to make an immediate impact as a starter or in a relief role. Junior Jared Dobbs, who earned OVC all-tournament team honors in 2008 and OVC all-newcomer honors in 2007, is recovering from a shoulder injury that sidelined him most of last season, and should again be a major factor in 2010. Freshmen to watch on the mound include Tristan Archer, who was drafted by the Oakland Athletics after his senior year in high school, Nick Price, who went 10-1 with a 1.17 ERA during his senior campaign, Andy Williams, who has a no-hitter, 9-1 record and 1.47 ERA under his belt at the high school ranks, and lefty Austin Anderson in addition to Ryan Hopkins.

Catchers Ben Burgess is Tech’s most experi-enced returning catcher after playing 15 games behind the dish in 2009. Burgess was an OVC all-newcomer selection last season after starting 54 games as a freshman, and post-ing a .316 batting average with nine doubles, four home runs and 45 RBIs. Brandon Crossman will bring a wealth of experience to the posi-tion, as he has played in 31 games at catcher for the Golden Eagles in his two-year career. Sophomore Doug Martin saw action in three games behind the plate in a reserve role as a freshman in 2009. Newcomers Evan Frazier and Michael Morris will also see time at catcher for Tech in 2010.

Infield Tech’s infield heading into 2010 is a tale of two sides. The left side of the infield will be entirely new, as Evan Webb and Heath Cheverton, who started all 56 games in 2009 at third base and shortstop, leave some large shoes to fill. But the Golden Eagles have eager newcomers who are equipped to answer the call. Junior transfers Devin Rivers and Frankie Beech are two top candidates to fill the left side vacancies. Rivers, out of Northwest Shoals Community Col-lege, led all Alabama Junior College players in home runs per game in Tech’s 2010 sophomore class (from left): Chad Hayes, Doug Martin,

Matthew Shepherd, Ben Burgess

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2009, hitting 17 on the season, and was second in slugging percentage at .823. Beech, a transfer from Motlow State Community College, led all Ten-nessee Junior College players with a .438 batting average in 2009, and hit .403 in his two-year career. Both are exceptional athletes and standout defensive players. Zephan Guyear is also a strong candidate to fill one of those positions. The freshman was named the District 6AAA Player of the Year as a high school senior. However, the right side of the field returns every start from a season ago, as Chad Hayes and Trice Powers combined to start every game at sec-ond base. Hayes and Powers are both excellent defensive players who can minimize the infield gaps. A.J. Kirby-Jones and Tate McMillan were Tech’s primary first basemen. Kirby-Jones was a second-team all-OVC selection, and was named the OVC tourna-ment’s MVP. He tied the school record for home runs in a season with 20, and is near the top in almost every other Tech single-season and career batting record. McMillan has 62 starts in his three-year Golden Eagle career, and has a .283 career batting aver-age, and hit .342 in 2008.

Outfield The Golden Eagles have a star-studded lineup returning in the outfield, highlighted by 2009 OVC all-tournament team members Ca-sanova Donaldson, Chad Oberacker

and Ben Burgess. Oberacker led the team in batting average in 2009, hit-ting .354, and Donaldson was second with a .333 average. Oberacker and Donaldson were also Tech’s top two base stealers in 2009. Burgess’ .316 average was fourth on the team, and the trio combined to hit 22 doubles, 10 home runs and start 139 games in 2009. Seth Edwards will join Ober-acker & Donaldson in the outfield. Edwards had a stellar career at Pearl River Community College and with his ability to drive the baseball and steal bases he will likely hit near the top or middle of the batting order. Tech also brought in freshmen Austin Wulf, Will Thomas and Greg Glaser to add depth to the position. All three can cover ground in the outfield and punish opponents from the plate.

Designated Hitter With more deadly bats on the roster than defensive positions in the lineup, the Golden Eagles expect to see consistent production from the designated hitter spot. A.J. Kirby-Jones will fill that role in games that he is likely to enter as a relief pitcher. Tate McMillan also filled the DH role last season, drawing 24 walks with a .418 on-base percentage. Also look for Ben Burgess, Frankie Beech or Devin Rivers to fill that spot

if not in the defensive lineup.

Schedule In the first several weeks of the season Tech meets teams either for the first time or the first time in recent memory, including series against Georgia Southern, Cleveland State, Bradley, South Alabama, Buf-falo, Memphis and SIU-Edwardsville. Among Tech’s 30 home contests are four OVC weekend series against Eastern Illinois, Morehead State, Austin Peay and Murray State. The Golden Eagles face conference road series at Jacksonville State, Southeast Missouri, Eastern Kentucky and Ten-nessee-Martin. In addition to those early-season non-conference series, the Golden Eagles have single games against Vanderbilt and Tennessee, plus home-and-home contests against in-state rivals East Tennes-see, Middle Tennessee, Belmont and Lipscomb. The OVC Tournament, which moves to Pringles Park in Jackson, Tenn., is scheduled for May 26-30 for the teams which finish in the top six places in the standings. Last year, the Golden Eagles captured the OVC Tournament title under Bragga and advanced to the NCAA Clemson Regional. This year’s NCAA Regionals are scheduled for June 5-8.

Tech’s 2010 freshman class (front, from left): Tevis Sherfield, Evan Frazier, Austin Wulf, Austin Anderson, Michael Morris. (Back, from left): Will Thomas, Andy Wil-

liams, Ryan Hopkins, Nick Price, Zephan Guyear, Tristan Archer, Greg Glaser

Tech’s 2009 all-OVC selections (from left): OVC all-newcomer team mem-

ber Ben Burgess, all-OVC second team members A.J. Kirby-Jones and

Lee Henry

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Golden Eagle RosterNUMERICAL

No. Name Pos. Class B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School1 Chad Hayes 2B/SS Sophomore R/R 5-11 170 Springfield, Ill./Lanphier2 Zephan Guyear IF Freshman R/R 6-4 180 Tracy City, Tenn./Marion County3 Austin Anderson LHP Freshman L/L 5-11 180 Collierville, Tenn./Collierville4 Tate McMillan 1B Senior L/R 6-0 205 Erin, Tenn./Houston County5 Seth Edwards OF Junior R/R 5-10 215 Chalmette, La./Chalmette6 Nick Price RHP Freshman R/R 6-5 175 Clinton, Tenn./Anderson County8 Evan Frazier C Freshman R/R 5-10 205 Collierville, Tenn./Collierville9 Lee Henry RHP Senior R/R 5-10 185 Knoxville, Tenn./Karns10 Frankie Beech IF Junior R/R 5-11 180 Smyrna, Tenn./Blackman11 Adam Liberatore LHP Senior L/L 6-3 210 Rochester, Pa./Blackhawk12 Chason Choate LHP Junior L/L 6-0 160 Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale13 Tristan Archer RHP Freshman R/R 6-3 170 Kingsport, Tenn./Sullivan South14 Trice Powers 2B Junior R/R 5-10 170 Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale16 Devin Rivers IF Junior R/R 6-0 200 Laurel, Md./Dematha Catholic17 Austin Wulf OF Freshman L/R 5-10 165 Beaver Falls, Penn./Blackhawk19 Brandon Crossman C Senior R/R 6-0 185 Cookeville, Tenn./Cookeville20 Will Thomas OF Freshman R/R 6-0 200 Clarksville, Tenn./Clarksville21 Casanova Donaldson OF Junior L/L 6-0 190 Nashville, Tenn./Hunters Lane22 Matthew Shepherd RHP Sophomore R/R 6-3 185 Bluff City, Tenn./Sullivan East23 Chad Oberacker OF/LHP Junior L/L 5-11 190 Erie, Pa./McDowell24 Ben Burgess C/RF Sophomore R/R 6-0 195 Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood25 A.J. Kirby-Jones 1B/RHP Junior R/R 6-0 210 Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School26 Jared Dobbs RHP Junior R/R 6-5 220 Soddy-Daisy, Tenn./Soddy-Daisy29 Wade Bilbrey RHP Junior R/R 6-2 210 Cookeville, Tenn./Cookeville30 Ryan Hopkins RHP Freshman R/R 6-3 220 Sardinia, Ohio/Western Brown31 Tevis Sherfield 2B Freshman R/R 5-11 160 Cookeville, Tenn./Cookeville32 Andy Williams RHP Freshman R/R 6-0 195 Franklin, Tenn./Franklin Road Academy33 Michael Morris SS/C Freshman L/R 5-10 190 Cinncinatti, Ohio/Sycamore35 Stephen Pryor RHP Junior R/R 6-4 235 Mt. Juliet, Tenn./Friendship Christian39 Greg Glaser OF Freshman R/R 6-4 185 Nashville, Tenn./Franklin Road Academy51 Doug Martin C Sophomore R/R 6-3 190 Woodbury, Tenn./Cannon County

COACHING STAFFMatt Bragga Head Coach (Kentucky, 1994)Chris Cole Assistant Coach (Thomas University, 2006)Larry Bragga Assistant Coach (Ohio State, 1967)Justin Hogan Volunteer Assistant (Georgia Southwestern, 2006)

30 Ryan Hopkins25 A.J. Kirby-Jones11 Adam Liberatore51 Doug Martin4 Tate McMillan33 Michael Morris23 Chad Oberacker14 Trice Powers6 Nick Price35 Stephen Pryor16 Devin Rivers22 Matthew Shepherd31 Tevis Sherfield20 Will Thomas32 Andy Williams17 Austin Wulf

ALPHABETICALNo. Name3 Austin Anderson13 Tristan Archer10 Frankie Beech29 Wade Bilbrey24 Ben Burgess12 Chason Choate19 Brandon Crossman26 Jared Dobbs21 Casanova Donaldson5 Seth Edwards8 Evan Frazier39 Greg Glaser2 Zephan Guyear1 Chad Hayes9 Lee Henry

BY POSITIONPitchers1 Chad Hayes3 Austin Anderson6 Nick Price9 Lee Henry11 Adam Liberatore12 Chason Choate13 Tristan Archer22 Matthew Shepherd23 Chad Oberaker24 Ben Burgess25 A.J. Kirby-Jones26 Jared Dobbs29 Wade Bilbrey30 Ryan Hopkins35 Stephen Pryor32 Andy WilliamsCatchers8 Evan Frazier24 Ben Burgess17 Brandon Crossman33 Michael Morris51 Doug Martin

Infielders1 Chad Hayes2 Zephan Guyear4 Tate McMillan10 Frankie Beech14 Trice Powers16 Devin Rivers25 A.J. Kirby-Jones33 Michael Morris31 Tevis SherfieldOutfielders5 Seth Edwards17 Austin Wulf20 Will Thomas21 Casanova Donaldson23 Chad Oberacker24 Ben Burgess39 Greg Glaser

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2010 Golden Eagle

Coaching Staff

Head Coach Matt Bragga

Assistant Coach Chris Cole

Assistant CoachJustin Hogan

Assistant Coach Larry Bragga

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Recently named the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association Coach of the Year for his team’s performance during the 2009 season, Matt Bragga enters his seventh season as the head baseball coach at Tennessee Tech. The Golden Eagles are coming off a thrilling run to sweep the Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament and eliminate No. 14 Alabama from the NCAA regionals, and expect to continue to improve under Bragga and his staff. Bragga built a solid foundation for his program — on the field and in the classroom — during his first six seasons as Golden Eagle head coach, and is confident that Tech Baseball will continue to reach new heights in and out of the Ohio Valley Conference. Last spring Bragga led the Golden Eagles to a 31-24-1 record, marking the first back-to-back 30 win seasons in Tech history. The Golden Eagles swept the OVC tour-nament, going 4-0, including back-to-back extra-inning victories over Jacksonville State to clinch the OVC title. The Golden Eagles then went on to the NCAA regional in Clemson, S.C., where they eliminated No. 14 Alabama before being eliminated by eventual regional-champion Clemson. The Golden Eagles had two all-con-ference team members, six all-tournament team mem-bers, and the OVC tournament MVP in A.J. Kirby-Jones. Alex Henry was also named to the all-regional team at the Clemson Regional. Following the 2009 season, pitcher Ryan Dennick was drafted by Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals. The veteran coach continues his work toward re-defining the program with high ideals and even greater expectations.

Taking over the head coaching reins in January 2004, Bragga has shown the dedication needed to win an OVC championship, and his players exhibit that same down-to-earth determination, day-in and day-out. His plan has brought about marked improvements in the team’s on-field performance, academic performance, alumni support and program facilities. On the field, Bragga’s silent resolve has taken the program from a 13-42 record in his first full year in 2005, improving 5.5 games in 2006 with a record of 18-36, mak-ing an eight game improvement in 2007 with a record of 26-28, and another seven game improvement in 2008 as the Golden Eagles went 35-23-1, leading to the OVC championship and an NCAA Regional berth in 2009. With success on the recruiting trails, Bragga continues to take the TTU Baseball program to a new level. Before taking the head coaching post at Tech, Bragga spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Birmingham Southern College under head coach Brian Shoop. He spent the majority of his time at BSC working as the hitting and outfielder coach as well as recruiting for the Panthers. Under Bragga’s direction, BSC hitters batted a combined .316 during the 2002 and 2003 seasons. In 2003, 10 Panthers hit over .300 for a team bat-

Head Coach Matt Bragga

2004 - Present:Tennessee Tech University

Head Coach

2000-2003:Birmingham Southern

Assistant Coach

1998-2000:Bevill State (Ala.) Community College

Head Coach

1995-1997Cincinnati Reds Organization

1991-1994University of Kentucky (outfielder)

THE BRAGGA FILE

27Seventh Season F Kentucky, 1994 F 2009 OVC Tournament Champion

HEAD COACHMATT BRAGGA

Matt Bragga in the UK Record Book(Where he ranked at the conclusion of his career)

T-3rd ....... Games played in a season (1993) ..............62 T-4th ....... Games started in a season (1993)..............61 6th .......... At bats in a season (1993) ........................240 T-8th ....... Runs scored in a season (1994) ..................64 8th .......... Triples in a season (1994) ............................. 5 8th .......... Career batting average ............................338 10th ........ Hits in a season (1994) ................................83

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ting average of .318 overall. The Panthers scored 7.9 runs per game which ranked 15th in NCAA Division I. Before moving to the NCAA Division I for the 2002 season, the Panthers won the NAIA National Championship in 2001 as 11 Panthers hit .300 or better and averaged 8.5 runs per game. In 2001, the Panthers set a school record for most wins in a season, going 55-11. Bragga also owned some head coaching experi-ence before coming to Tech. At the age of 25, prior to his role at Birmingham Southern, Bragga served as the head coach at Bevill State (Ala.) Community College for four seasons. Bragga took over a Bevill State baseball program that, prior to his arrival, had an all time record of 175-350 (.343), and was considered by many one of the worst programs in the state of Alabama. With the Bears go-ing 39-20 in 1998, Bragga’s second season at Bevill State resulted in a school record for most wins in one season. That team also participated in the schools first-ever postseason tournament. In 1999, Bragga led his squad to a 40-19 record, surpassing his previous record and taking the team to another regional tournament. During his time at Bevill, his teams compiled a 148-86 record and BSCC went from a .343 winning percentage prior to Bragga’s arrival, to one of Alabama’s best Com-munity/Junior College programs, amassing a remarkable .630 winning percentage during his time. Before jumping into the college ranks, Bragga served as head coach for the Junior American Legion Baseball Team Post 208 that won the Alabama state championship in 1996. That same year, he also took on the role as assistant coach for the Tuscaloosa County High School baseball squad. One aspect that makes Bragga such an influential coach, and what some describe as a player’s coach, is that he has coached and played at nearly every level of base-ball. Bragga played his collegiate career for the University

of Kentucky Wildcats, earning four letters from 1991 to 1994. He played multiple positions at Kentucky, includ-ing outfield, catcher, first base and designated hitter, and also excelled at the plate. Bragga earned multiple honors including second-team All-Southeast region and South-eastern Conference all-tournament first-team in 1993. In his senior season Bragga finished with a .408 batting aver-age in SEC play, which ranked him second in the league. He also etched his name in the Kentucky base-ball record books, ranking among UK’s all-time best in multiple season and career categories. During Bragga’s four-year career with UK, the baseball team compiled the most wins in any four-year period of UK baseball, a record which was recently broken by the 2005-2008 Kentucky squads. After graduating from Kentucky with a degree in communications, Bragga signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds organization in 1994. He played one season in the Pioneer League with the Butte (Montana) Copper Kings before moving to Charleston, W.Va., to play with the Cincinnati Reds’ Single A affiliate the following season. Bragga earned his master’s degree from the Uni-versity of Alabama. Matt is married to the former Elisa Currins, a 1997 graduate of the University of Alabama. The couple are the proud parents of two children — Luke and Emerson.

Matt and Elisa with Luke and Emerson

Head Coach Matt Bragga

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Larry Bragga begins his fourth season as a mem-ber of the Golden Eagle coaching staff, handling a variety of duties to help build the program directed by his son, Matt. Larry graduated from The Ohio State University in 1967 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a minor in speech and theatre. He earned his master’s degree in educational administration from Kent State in 1969. Larry was a teacher, baseball and basketball coach at Harbor High School in Ashtabula, Ohio for six years. He became a high school principal and served in that capacity for 26 years. After retiring in 1997 he was elected as Mayor of Jefferson, Ohio, and served in that capacity for seven years before joining Matt’s staff and the Golden Eagle baseball team. He has coached baseball and recruited qual-ity baseball players for 40 years. He has coached major league players Mark Wagner and Brian Anderson and several minor leaguers including Matt Bragga. He assisted Matt at Bevil State Community College in Alabama in turning BSCC into a 40-plus win team. Since Larry joined Matt at TTU the academic standing of the team has continued to be close to a 3.0 Grade Point Average. Coach “B” monitors the academic progress of the team and works closely with Dr. Jasitt in the TTU WIN (Work Intensely Now) program. Coach “B” has created a great connection with major league scouts, high school and junior college coaches throughout the mid-west and southeast. The communication and recruiting efforts of the baseball staff have created a solid talent pool for TTU now and in the future. Carol and Larry

Golden Eagle Coaching Staff

Coach ‘B’ brings so much to our team. It is an absolute blessing for me to have my dad as part of our coaching staff. He is an incredible person and a wonderful example to me and our team. He brings so much to the table. His work ethic is second to none, and he has administrative skills that are tops in his profession. As a recruiter, he has a knack for finding players that are not only the best on the field – but of extremely high character off the field. He does an incredible job on the field as an assistant coach and with the high physical and mental conditioning of our players. He is also one of the reasons we have had such great academic success with our program. We are truly blessed to have my dad as a part of our program. — Head Coach Matt Bragga”

41ASSISTANT COACHLARRY BRAGGA

Fourth Season F Ohio State, 1967 F 2009 OVC Tournament Champion

Larry contributes to the program as bench coach, coordinates recruiting, handles administrative duties, manages Golden Eagle Baseball school events and coach-es the mental game. He is an avid student and teacher of sport psychology, mental toughness, visualization and imagery. Coach “B” loves our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and that faith guides and direct’s him everyday. Larry and his wife, Carol, are the proud grandpar-ents of Luke, Elle and Emerson.

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Chris Cole is in his fourth season as an assistant coach on Matt Bragga’ s Golden Eagle staff. He joined the staff in 2007 to work primarily with the Golden Eagle pitching staff. Under Cole’s guidance, the Tech pitching staff has seen three of its members sign MLB contracts (all three previously undrafted), and a three year total of five Tech pitchers have moved on to play professional baseball (all previously undrafted as well). Tech pitchers led the OVC in strikeouts in 2009, were second in the league in 2008, and led the league in strikeout to walk ratio in 2008 as well. Two of the top four pitchers in the league were Tech pitchers in 2009 (Lee Henry and Ryan Dennick). Tech has also placed at least one pitcher on the All-OVC team in each of Cole’s three years. In the last two years seven members of the Tech pitching staff have been named to the OVC all-tournament team. The Golden Eagles and their pitching staff have a record of 76-4 when leading after six innings under Coach Cole. Cole has recruited three junior college All-Ameri-cans to Tech, and brought two previously drafted play-ers to the 2009 pitching staff. Four current Golden Eagle pitchers have been all-stars in the summer Valley Baseball League, including 2008 Valley League Pitcher of the Year Adam Liberatore. Born in Brooksville, Fla., he attended Hernando High School where he was named first-team all-state in 2000. Chris was named honorable mention all-state in 1998 and 1999, as well as posting the school record for most hits in a season.

Chris and Julie

“Chris is one of the finest young baseball minds in the country, his knowledge for this great game transcends his years. Our pitching staff improves every year under Coach Cole’s tutelage, as he has a gift for working with young men and getting the most out of them. Not only is he a tremendous baseball coach and pitching coach, but he has a great eye for talent on the recruiting trails and is an integral part in the recruting of every one of our players. He has an incredible passion for this game and it shows in the way he coaches our players. We are blessed to have Chris and his wife Julie and little boy Austin as a major part of the Tennessee Tech Baseball program.” — Head Coach Matt Bragga ”

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15 ASSISTANT COACHCHRIS COLE

Fourth Season F Thomas University, 2006 F 2009 OVC Tournament Champion

Chris was a catcher in college, attending Florida State University in 2000, and later transferred to Stetson University, located in Deland, Fla., for the 2001 and 2002 seasons. Cole graduated from Thomas University in the summer of 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts. Chris married the former Julie Jordan on Aug. 3, 2007, and has one child, Austin Dean Cole, born April 18, 2009.

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Justin enters his second season on Bragga’s staff as the volunteer assistant. The 2006 graduate of Georgia Southwestern earned his bachelor’s degree in business management, and is currently working towards his mas-ter’s degree in sport management through the U.S. Sports Academy. As the volunteer assistant coach for the Golden Eagles Hogan serves a myriad of roles, including assisting with hitters and infielders, field maintenance, Director of Golden Eagle Baseball Camps, and assisting in the day-to-day managment of the Golden Eagle baseball program. Hogan played four years of baseball in college, begining at Hiwassee College in Madisonville, Tenn. He was part of the 2004 Georgia Alabama Carolina Confer-ence tournament champion team at Southern Polytech-nic State, where he finished his playing career. Hogan was an assistant coach at Gordon College for three years. In 2006, his first year, the Highlanders went 29-27. In 2007 and 2008 the Highlanders had a re-cord of 85-32. While coaching at Gordon, Hogan coached two players who went on to play professional baseball, and within the three year period, 24 players moved on to play at four-year colleges. Hogan has been a camp instructor at baseball camps all over the southeast, including Auburn, Clemson, Georgia Tech, and Mercer University. Hogan, a native of Pike, Ga., married the former Anna North on Dec. 15, 2007. Justin and Anna

“Last year when our Volunteer coaching position came open, we had more than 35 applicants for the job. With a little research and a plethora of high recommendations, Justin quickly rose to the top of that list. Now in his second full year with us, it is has been amazing to watch Coach Hogan’s work ethic and passion for this great game and our program. He brings so much to the table as he is not only great helping with our infielders and hitters, but he is such an integral part of our camps and administrative jobs. We are fortunate to have Justin & his wife Anna as a part of our TTU family.” — Head Coach Matt Bragga ”

34ASSISTANT COACHJUSTIN HOGAN

Second Season F Ga. Southwestern, 2006 F 2009 OVC Tournament Champion

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ASSISTANT COACHJUSTIN HOGAN

Second Season F Ga. Southwestern, 2006 F 2009 OVC Tournament Champion

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February 19 ......................... at Georgia Southern ............................Statesboro, Ga. ..................................................................................... 6 p.m.20 ......................... at Georgia Southern ............................Statesboro, Ga. ..................................................................................... 4 p.m.21 ......................... at Georgia Southern ............................Statesboro, Ga. .............................................................................12:30 p.m.26 ................... Cleveland State ........................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 3 p.m.27 ................... Cleveland State ........................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 2 p.m.28 ................... Cleveland State ........................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 1 p.m.March2 ........................... at Vanderbilt ...........................................Nashville, Tenn. ..................................................................................... 4 p.m.6 ..................... Bradley (DH) ................................ COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 1 p.m.7 ..................... Bradley ..................................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 1 p.m.9 ........................... at South Alabama .................................Mobile, Ala. ............................................................................................ 6 p.m.10 ......................... at South Alabama .................................Mobile, Ala. ............................................................................................ 2 p.m.12 ................... Buffalo .......................................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 3 p.m.13 ................... Buffalo (DH) ................................. COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 1 p.m.14 ................... Buffalo .......................................... COOKEVILLE ................................................................... 12 p.m.17 ................... East Tennessee............................. COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 6 p.m.19 ......................... at Memphis .............................................Memphis, Tenn. .............................................................................. 6:30 p.m.20 ......................... at Memphis .............................................Memphis, Tenn. .................................................................................... 2 p.m.21 ......................... at Memphis .............................................Memphis, Tenn. .................................................................................... 1 p.m.23 ......................... at Belmont ...............................................Nashville, Tenn. ..................................................................................... 3 p.m.26 ................... SIU-Edwardsville ......................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 3 p.m.27 ................... SIU-Edwardsville ......................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 2 p.m.28 ................... SIU-Edwardsville ......................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 1 p.m.30 ......................... at Tennessee ...........................................Knoxville, Tenn. .................................................................................... 6 p.m.April2 ........................... at Jacksonville State (DH) *................Jacksonville, Ala. .................................................................................. 1 p.m.3 ........................... at Jacksonville State * ..........................Jacksonville, Ala. .................................................................................. 1 p.m.6 ..................... at Lipscomb ...........................................Nashville, Tenn. ..................................................................................... 6 p.m.7 ..................... Lipscomb ..................................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 6 p.m.10 ......................... at Southeast Missouri (DH) * ............Cape Girardeau, Mo. ........................................................................... 1 p.m.11 ......................... at Southeast Missouri * .......................Cape Girardeau, Mo. ........................................................................... 1 p.m.13 ................... Belmont ..................................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 6 p.m.17 ................... Eastern Illinois (DH) * .................. COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 1 p.m.18 ................... Eastern Illinois * .......................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 1 p.m.20 ......................... at Middle Tennessee ............................Murfreesboro, Tenn. ........................................................................... 7 p.m.24 ................... Morehead State (DH) * ................ COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 1 p.m.25 ................... Morehead State * ........................ COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 1 p.m.28 ......................... at East Tennessee ..................................Johnson City, Tenn. ............................................................................. 6 p.m.May1 ........................... at Eastern Kentucky (DH) * ...............Richmond, Ky. .....................................................................................12 p.m.2 ........................... at Eastern Kentucky * ..........................Richmond, Ky. .....................................................................................12 p.m.8 ..................... Austin Peay (DH) * ....................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 1 p.m.9 ..................... Austin Peay * ............................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 1 p.m.11 ................... Middle Tennessee ........................ COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 6 p.m.15 ......................... at UT Martin (DH) * ...............................Martin, Tenn. ......................................................................................... 1 p.m.16 ......................... at UT Martin * .........................................Martin, Tenn. ......................................................................................... 1 p.m.18 ................... Western Carolina ......................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 6 p.m.21 ................... Murray State (DH) * ..................... COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 1 p.m.22 ................... Murray State * ............................. COOKEVILLE ..................................................................... 1 p.m.26-30 .................. at OVC Tournament..............................Jackson, Tenn. ........................................................................................... TBAJune5-8 ....................... at NCAA Regional .................................TBA ............................................................................................................... TBA12-15 .................. at NCAA Super Regional ....................TBA ............................................................................................................... TBA20-30 .................. at NCAA College World Series ..........Omaha, Neb. ............................................................................................. TBA

Home games in BOLD -- All times listed are Central/ Dates and times subject to change * Ohio Valley Conference game

2010 Golden Eagle Schedule

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2010 Golden Eagle

Seniors

LeeHenry

BrandonCrossman

Adam Liberatore

Tate McMillan

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“Fall down? Stand up eight.”

AT TECH IN 2009: Tate appeared in 43 games for Tech and made 35 starts…was fourth on the team with a .418 on-base percentage…fin-ished the season with a .250 batting average, two doubles, a triple, a home run and 17 RBIs…24 walks ranked him third on the team…had five RBIs, two hits, and a home run on April 27 against Alabama A&M.

AT TECH IN 2008: Played in 36 games in 2008, including 16 starts…hit .342 with three doubles and one home run in 73 at-bats…finished the season with nine RBIs…had three three-hit games…had 100 put-outs and committed only one error on the season.

AT TECH IN 2007: During his freshman season, Tate played in 27 of the Golden Eagles’ 54 games for the season including 11 starts...hit 4-for-5 including three runs against the St. Peter’s Peacocks on March 17...tal-lied 11 hits, 11 runs and five RBIs in 42 at-bats for a .262 batting average.

AT TECH IN 2006: Sat out a redshirt season.

AT HOUSTON COUNTY HS: Lettered four years in both football and baseball for the Fighting Irish...captured a long list of honors and awards...on the diamond, he was named all-district his sophomore year, and was named both all-district and All-State as a junior, leading his team to two regional championships...as a junior, he batted a phenom-enal .496 with 47 RBIs, five home runs and 16 doubles...in football, he was an all-area and all-region pick at fullback and also earned awards as a punter

PERSONAL: Full name is Tate Michael McMillan...son of Mike and Gina McMillan...born June 6, 1987...majoring in exercise science and physical wellness.

4TATEMcMILLAN

Senior F 1B F R/R F 6-0 F 205 F Erin, Tenn. (Houston County HS)

Year G -GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG.

2007 27 - 11 42 11 11 1 0 1 5 0 .262

2008 36 - 16 73 10 25 3 0 1 9 0 .342

2009 43 - 35 108 14 27 2 1 1 17 0 .250

TOT 106 62 223 35 63 6 1 3 31 0 .283

McMILLAN’S CAREER STATISTICS

Tate McMillan 1B

Ht: 6-0 Wt: 205 Bats: R Throws: R

Senior EXPW Erin, Tenn.

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AT TECH IN 2009: One of Tech’s most dangerous pitchers, Lee made an immediate impact on the Golden Eagles during his first season at Tech…a second-team all-OVC selection, Henry went 9-3 overall with a 3.43 ERA while opponents hit just .254 against him…also had one save on the season…finished the regular season with a 2.88 ERA…became a starter midway through the season, and threw complete games in his first five appearances…played in 21 games and made six starts, pitching a total of 78.2 innings…struck out 80 batters and walked just 40…was the winning pitcher in two of Tech’s four wins in the OVC tournament…was named to the OVC all-tournament team.

CHATTANOOGA STATE CC: Posted a 15-5 record with a 1.91 ERA…three-time JuCo Pitcher of the Week…pre-season All-American as a sophomore after going 9-0 with a 0.92 ERA in 2007…recorded 10 saves in relief action…helped team to a No. 1 ranking three weeks in a row during his freshman season, and a conference champion-ship in 2007.

KARNS HS: Named KHS student-athlete of the year…also a Texas Roadhouse Player of the Week selection…earned the student-ath-lete achievement award with a 3.8 GPA…also earned high school letters in football and golf.

PERSONAL: Full name is Lee Garrett Henry…born March 14, 1988 in Knoxville, Tenn…son of Rick and Debi Henry…brother Alex is also a member of the Tech baseball team…majoring in education.

9LEEHENRY

Senior F RHP F R/R F 5-10 F 185 Knoxville, Tenn. (Karns HS/Chattanooga State CC)

HENRY’S CAREER STATISTICS

Lee Henry RHP

Ht: 5-10 Wt: 185 Bats: R Throws: R

Senior Education Knoxville, Tenn.

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“I DARE you!”

Year G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA

2009 21 - 6 5 78.2 72 38 30 40 80 1 9-3 3.43

TOT 21 - 6 5 78.2 72 38 30 40 80 1 9-3 3.43

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AT TECH IN 2009: Adam went 2-0 with a perfect 0.00 ERA before pulling himself out of the game during his third start of the season with a season-ending elbow injury…pitched a total of 17 innings and struck out 21 batters while allowing only six walks… shared OVC Pitcher of the Week honors for his performance against Marshall on Feb. 27 when he pitched seven innings and gave up just two hits, striking out eight and walking four in the win…struck out nine batters and walked two in seven innings pitched against St. Peters on Feb. 20…allowed only seven hits in his three appearances…was granted a medical redshirt for the season.

AT TECH IN 2008: Adam appeared in 13 games, including eight starts in 2008…held Samford to four hits in seven in-nings on May 16…pitched a total of 37.1 innings on the sea-son…gave up one home run and no triples in 2008…struck out 36 batters while walking just 22…finished the year with a 1-2 record...played through the summer in the prestigious Valley Baseball League where he put together a 6-1 record and held opponents to a league-best .170 batting average on his way to earning Pitcher of the Year honors.

AT TECH IN 2007: Adam made 15 appearances on the mound for the Golden Eagles including four starts in his sophomore campaign...allowed just three hits and no runs with three strikeouts in 4.1 innings pitched against Alabama A&M on Feb. 14...accrued a 3-3 pitching record and struck out 21 batters over 25.2 innings and finished the season with an 8.42 ERA.

AT TECH IN 2006: Had six appearances with one start as a true freshman…in 10 innings of work, Adam struck out three batters…displayed continuous improvement in two perfect innings in two games with SEMO in the final OVC weekend series of the year.

AT BLACKHAWK HS: Left-handed hitting outfielder and pitcher from Blackhawk High School in Rochester, Pa…let-tered in both soccer and baseball…was named first-team all-section three consecutive years on the diamond…chosen for the WPIAL all-star squad.

PERSONAL: Full name is Adam Joseph Liberatore... son of Jack and Beth Liberatore...born May 12, 1987...majoring in electrical engineering.

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Senior F LHP F L/L F 6-3 F 210 Rochester, Pa. (Blackhawk HS)

LIBERATORE’S CAREER STATISTICS

Adam Liberatore LHP

Ht: 6-3 Wt: 210 Bats: L Throws: L

Senior Electrical Engineering Rochester, Pa.

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“If you aint first, you’re last.”

Year G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA

2006 6 -- 1 0 10.0 23 14 12 4 3 0 0-1 10.80

2007 15 - 4 0 25.2 53 29 24 10 21 0 3-3 8.42

2008 13 - 8 1 37.1 48 39 36 22 36 0 1-2 8.68

2009 3 -- 3 0 17.0 7 0 0 6 21 0 2-0 0.00

TOT 37 16 1 90.0 131 82 72 42 81 0 6-6 7.20

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AT TECH IN 2009: Brandon played in 26 games for the Golden Eagles and made 11 starts in 2009…had one home run and three RBIs on the season…had two multi-hit games, going 2-for-3 against Eastern Illinois and Southern Miss…made only two errors all season, both coming in a game against Toledo on March 7.

AT TECH IN 2008: Brandon was an impact player for the Golden Eagles in his first year at Tech…started in 23 of the 34 games he played in…knocked in 12 runs and hit five doubles…hit a home run in his first career start against Oakland University on March 1…went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a double against Murray State on May 3.

AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE: Saw action in two games for coach Steve Peterson, stepping to the plate against Memphis and Vanderbilt.

AT COOKEVILLE HS: Earned four letters in baseball at Cookeville High School under coach Butch Chaffin...played catcher, first base and third base...helped the Cookeville High baseball team to a co-district championship his sophomore year...named offensive player of the year his freshman and sophomore years and co-MVP his senior year...hit .386 with six home runs his sophomore year...finished his junior year with a .311 average and two home runs...hit .397 and one home run his senior year.

PERSONAL: Full name is Brandon Tyler Crossman..son of Ken and April Crossman...born Jan. 1, 1988...majoring in accounting.

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Senior F C F R/R F 6-0 F 185 Cookeville, Tenn. (Cookeville HS)

“When you have fun, it changes all the pressure

into pleasure.” -Ken Griffy Sr. & Jr.

CROSSMAN’S CAREER STATISTICS

Brandon Crossman C

Ht: 6-0 Wt: 185 Bats: R Throws: R

Senior Accounting Cookeville, Tenn.

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Year G -GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG.

2008 34 - 23 79 15 20 5 0 1 12 0 .253

2009 26 - 11 49 3 7 0 0 1 3 0 .143

TOT 60 - 34 128 18 27 5 0 1 15 0 .211

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Junior F LHP F L/L

6-0 F 160 FMurfreesboro, Tenn.(Riverdale HS)

CHASONCHOATE

AT TECH IN 2009: Chason pitched in 10 games for the Golden Eagles, including five starts…pitched a total of 40.1 innings…pitched eight innings and allowed four hits in a win against Ala-bama A&M and recorded five strikeouts in the performance…pitched 2.1 innings against Jacksonville State in the OVC tour-nament and allowed three hits while striking out four batters, and pitched six innings in a start against Jacksonville State the very next day, also fanning four Gamecock batters…finished with a 4.91 ERA and a 1-2 overall record with 25 strikeouts and 31 walks.AT TECH IN 2008: Chason sat out a redshirt season.AT TECH IN 2007: During his freshman year, Chason pitched in 11 games, including two starts...allowed no hits or runs with two strikeouts and a walk in 2.0 innings pitched against Ken-tucky on Feb. 24... struck out eight batters over 19.0 innings and finished the season with a 7.11 ERA.

AT TECH IN 2009: Trice played in 34 games, starting 27 at second base…hit .256 for the season with three doubles, two home runs and 15 RBIs… led the team in sacrifice bunts with seven…finished the season with a .408 on-base percentage…had four multi-RBI games including two against St. Peters to start the season.AT TECH IN 2008: Trice played in 10 games in 2008 after coming off a redshirt season in 2007...started in one game…a great defender who can play a variety of infield positions…as a coach’s son, Trice has an exceptional understanding of the game.AT TECH IN 2007: Trice was on the roster as a redshirt member of the squad in his first season at Tech.

AT RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in baseball at Riverdale High School under coach and father Buddy Pow-

AT RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters at River-dale High School under coach Buddy Powers…played both outfield and pitcher…named Pitcher of the Year, Freshman Pitcher of the Year and all-district as a sophomore and junior… helped Riverdale win the region in 2005 and become a three-time state qualifier…also earned three letters in swimming.

PERSONAL: Full name is Chason Clay Choate...son of Timothy and Tammy Choate…born Aug. 5, 1988…majoring in general engineering.

ers…played shortstop, third base, and second base…named Freshman Defensive Player of the Year and Most Improved Player in 2003…received the Dedication Award in 2006…named first-team all-district.

PERSONAL: Full name is Eron E. Powers III...son of Buddy and La-keta Powers…born July 14, 1987…majoring in civil engineering.

Year G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB A AVG.2008 10 --1 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 .111 2009 34 -27 78 16 20 3 0 2 15 1 - 1 .256TOT 44 -28 87 17 20 3 0 2 16 1 - 1 .241

POWERS’ CAREER STATISTICS

Year G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA2007 11 2 0 19.0 25 16 15 13 13 0 0-2 7.112009 13 5 0 40.1 33 25 22 31 25 0 1-2 4.91TOT 21 7 0 59.1 58 41 37 46 33 0 1-4 5.61

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Junior F 2B F R/R5-10F 170 FMurfreesboro, Tenn.(Riverdale HS)

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5-11 F 190 FErie, Pa.(McDowell HS)

CHADOBERACKER

AT TECH IN 2009: Chad started all 50 games that he played in for the Golden Eagles, including seven starts on the mound…led the team in batting average (.354), hits (69), triples (4) and stolen bases (11)…his four triples tied him for 8th all-time in a single season at Tech…had the team’s longest hit streak of 10 games…struck out only 23 times in 195 at-bats…had 17 multi-hit games with a 4-hit game against Toledo where he had three runs, a double, and a stolen base...earned all-tournament honors at the OVC tournament...also pitched in the Valley Baseball League in the summer of 2009, and threw 26.1 innings with a 5.13 ERA.AT TECH IN 2008: Chad saw action on the mound and in the outfield…pitched 21 innings and struck out 30 batters…posted a 3-2 record from the mound and started four games at pitcher…played in 21 games of-fensively for the Golden Eagles, starting in 10 of those…had 13 RBIs in 42 at-bats, and hit two home runs…stole three bases.

AT McDOWELL HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in baseball at McDow-ell High School under coach Mike Hayes as well as three letters in golf and two letters in basketball…played both outfield and pitcher...named region Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007 and also named to the all-district team those same years...earned the hitting award in 2006 and the pitching

Year G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA2008 10 4 0 21.0 30 19 17 11 30 0 3-2 7.292009 8 7 0 31.2 37 29 26 25 24 0 2-3 7.39TOT 18 11 0 52.2 67 48 43 66 54 0 5-5 7.35

OBERACKER’S CAREER STATISTICSYear G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB -A AVG.2008 21 --8 42 12 11 2 0 2 13 3 --- 3 .262 2009 50 -50 195 51 69 8 4 4 27 11 - 13 .354TOT 71 -58 237 63 80 10 4 6 40 14 - 16 .338

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Junior F OF F L/L

6-0 F 190 F Nashville, Tenn.(Hunters Lane HS)

CASANOVA DONALDSON

AT TECH IN 2009: Casanova finished the season batting .333 with five doubles, two home runs, 39 hits and 18 RBIs…matched Tech’s all-time single-game hit record when he went 5-for-5 against East Tennessee State on April 1…went 3-for-5 against Jacksonville State in the OVC tournament with three RBIs and hit a walk-off single to win the game for the Golden Eagles in the bottom of the tenth inning…finished the season second on the team in batting average and stolen bases (6)…had seven multi-hit games on the season and put together an eight-game hit streak…was named to the OVC all-tournament team.AT TECH IN 2008: Casanova played in 16 games in 2008 and made 10 plate appearances…knocked in one run and stole two bases…hit a home run against Berea College on April 8, and had five put-outs in that game.AT TECH IN 2007: Spent his first season on the Golden Eagle roster as a redshirt.

AT HUNTERS LANE HS: Earned four letters in baseball at Hunters Lane High School…played all three outfield positions as well as first base…earned all-district honors three times and named all-region twice…

earned three letters each in cross country and basketball…also earned one letter in football playing cornerback and wide receiver…between his four sports, Casanova won numerous awards including Sports-manship Award, Gatorade Player of the Year, Hitters Award, Defensive Award, Hustle Award, Coaches Award, MVP, and Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

PERSONAL: Full name is Casanova Dejaun Donaldson...son of Kerry and Angela Donaldson…born Nov. 23, 1987…majoring in civil engi-neering.

DONALDSON’S CAREER STATISTICSYear G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB -A AVG.2008 16 --2 10 6 2 0 0 1 1 2 --- 2 .2002009 45 -35 117 27 39 5 1 2 18 6 -- 10 .333TOT 61-37 127 33 41 5 1 3 19 57 8 -- 12 .323

Golden Eagle Returnees

award in 2007...holds the school record for most RBIs in a season (39 in 2006) and most triples in a season (4 in 2006)…ranks in six categories: sec-ond and sixth in batting average (.470 in 2006, .439 in 2007), fifth in at-bats (66 in 2006), fourth and seventh in RBIs (28 in 2007, 22 in 2005), third and fifth in hits (31 in 2006, 29 in 2007), second and sixth in home runs (five in 2007, four in 2006) and fourth in batters struck out (66 in 2007).

PERSONAL: Full name is Chad Murray Oberacker...son of Murray Oberacker and Mary Oberacker...born Jan. 14, 1989...majoring in physical therapy.

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JAREDDOBBS

AT TECH IN 2009: Voted team captain by his teammates in 2009...Jared pitched in five games including four starts for the Golden Eagles before undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery…struck out 15 batters and walked nine on the season…struck out six batters in five innings in a win against St. Peters on Feb. 20…finished the year with a 1-1 record.AT TECH IN 2008: Jared appeared in 15 games, including 12 starts…fin-ished the year with a 4.95 ERA…threw two complete games, including a three-hit complete-game shutout against Eastern Illinois on March 30…struck out a season-high nine batters against Butler on March 15...led Tech to a 9-1 win over Samford in the OVC tournament in a dominating per-formance that earned him All-Tournament honors...pitched in the Valley Collegiate Baseball League over the summer and finished with a 1.06 ERA and a 4-1 record while striking out 32 batters in 34 innings and holding opponents to a .207 batting average.

AT TECH IN 2007: Jared made 18 appearances including seven starts...led the team in ERA at 4.18 and earned a spot on the OVC all-newcomer team…ranked 10th in the OVC in ERA…allowed two hits with three strike-outs over four scoreless innings to earn a save against East Tennessee on March 13... struck out 38 batters while walking just 18.

AT SODDY-DAISY HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in baseball at Soddy-Daisy High School under coach Steve Garland…in 2005, had a 3.25 ERA and 21 RBIs with four home runs…earned District 6-AAA All-Tournament team, Region 3-AAA first team, TN/GA All-Stars feature team honors…also earned one letter in football and one letter in basketball.

PERSONAL: Full name is Jared Lee Dobbs... son of Tony and Lee Dobbs…born May 9, 1988…majoring in mechanical engineering.

Year G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA2007 18 7 0 64.2 70 37 30 18 38 1 5-3 4.182008 15 12 2 63.2 65 39 35 28 51 0 4-5 4.952009 5 4 0 14.0 19 14 14 9 15 0 1-1 9.00TOT 38 23 2 142.1 154 90 79 55 104 1 10-9 5.00

DOBBS’ CAREER STATISTICS

Junior F RHP F R/R

6-5 F 220 F Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.(Soddy-Daisy HS)

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Junior F 1B/RHP F R/R6-0 F 210 FKnoxville, Tenn.(Webb School)

A.J.KIRBY-JONES

AT TECH IN 2009: A.J. had a record setting season for the Golden Eagles, tying the Tech single-season home run record with 20…his 68 RBIs are the second most in Tech single season history and his 139 total bases are third…his .706 slugging percentage tied him for eighth in Tech single-season history…moved into a tie for fourth in Tech history in career home runs with 25 and sixth in ca-reer RBIs with 119…led the team in doubles (15), total bases, slugging percent-age, walks (42), on-base percentage (.445), RBIs, home runs, and saves (3)…hit .325 for the season…on the mound A.J. posted a 5.51 ERA in 18 appearances…threw a total of 49 innings…opponents hit just .247 and struckeout 52 times…earned second-team all-OVC honors, and was named the OVC tournament MVP...earned Tech’s Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year award.AT TECH IN 2008: A.J. posted a 4-1 record with a 2.92 ERA and had two saves in relief work…at the plate, he batted in 51 runs, hitting five home runs and 15 doubles…hit .326 for the year, finding his way to the plate as a designated hitter when he wasn’t playing first base or pitching...was named to the OVC All-Freshman team and also earned OVC All-Tournament team honors after going 1-0 from the mound with a 1.35 ERA and racking up four hits from the plate...A.J. continued playing through the summer, earning First-Team honors in the Clark Griffith Collegiate Baseball League.

AT WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE: Earned four letters in baseball at Webb School under coach Clarke Wormsley…also lettered in football…played pitcher,

first base and third base...helped the Webb School baseball team to three straight DII East regional championships (2004, 05, 06) as well as the runner-ups in two DII state championship games…named first-team PrepXtra, All-KIL, All-State and Louisville Slugger All-America twice each…had a batting average of .464 with nine home runs and 51 RBIs his junior year...A.J. followed that up his senior year with a .500 average with eight home runs and 34 RBIs...had a 6-4 pitching record with two saves and a 3.02 ERA in 2007.

PERSONAL: Full name is Antwoin Jarelle (A.J.) Kirby-Jones... son of David Jones and Brenna Kirby......born Oct. 2, 1988...majoring in accounting.

Year G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA2008 17 0 0 40.0 30 13 13 22 34 2 4-1 2.922009 18 4 0 49.0 47 40 30 37 52 3 3-3 5.51TOT 35 4 0 89.0 77 53 43 59 86 5 7-4 4.35

KIRBY-JONES’ CAREER STATISTICSYear G --GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB -A AVG.2008 57 -- 55 193 30 63 15 0 5 51 2 --- 2 .3262009 56 -- 56 197 49 64 15 0 20 68 1 --- 1 .325TOT 113 -111 390 79 127 30 0 25 119 3 --- 3 .326

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6-2 F 210 F Cookeville, Tenn.(Cookeville HS)

WADE BILBREY

AT TECH IN 2009: Wade pitched in four games in relief for the Golden Eagles during the 2009 season…Wade pitched a hitless inning against Valparaiso with one strikeout and no walks in his first career outing…finished the season with six strikeouts and no walks in six innings pitched.AT TECH IN 2008: Making his way back from injury, Wade did not play in 2008…has worked hard to come back from shoul-der and ACL injuries to prepare for the 2009 campaign…has the potential to be a key contributor for the Golden Eagles.AT TECH IN 2007: Was a redshirt member of the squad in his first season.

AT COOKEVILLE HS: Earned four letters in baseball at Cookev-ille High School under coach Scott Hunt…played as a pitcher all four years...had a 5-4 record with six saves…played on the Tennessee Sunbelt Team in 2003…helped his 2002 summer baseball team win the World Series Championship.

PERSONAL: Full name is Wade Alexander Bilbrey...son of Roy and Sharron Bilbrey…born July 30, 1987…majoring in account-ing.

Year G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA2009 4 0 0 6.0 9 5 5 2 6 0 0-0 7.50TOT 4 0 0 6.0 9 5 5 2 6 0 0-0 7.50

BILBREY’S CAREER STATISTICS

Front row, from left: A.J. Kirby-Jones, Trice Powers, Casanova Donaldson, Chason Choate, Seth Edwards. Back row, from left: Devin Rivers, Frankie Beech, Stephen Pryor, Jared Dobbs, Wade Bilbrey, Chad Oberacker.

2010 JUNIOR CLASSTech’s 2010 junior class features seven returnees and four newcomers

Golden Eagle Returnees/Juniors

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MATTHEWSHEPHERD

AT TECH IN 2009: Chad played 35 games in the infield for Tech as a true freshman, including 30 starts, becoming the starting second baseman about a month into the season…hit .220 on the season with four doubles and 11 RBIs…had seven multi-hit games including a three-hit performance against UT Martin when he had two doubles and two RBIs…Chad also pitched in 10 games for the Golden Eagles, and made two starts on the mound…pitched a complete-game two-hit shutout against Covenant in his only win of the season…finished with a 1-1 record and a 7.27 ERA…struck out 15 batters and walked 10 in 26 innings of work.

AT LANIPHER HS: Chad finished his senior season hitting a school record .519, making him league batting champion...hit five home runs, four triples and 19 doubles...had 40 RBIs...earned all-conference recognition three times in his career...Chad also played in a traveling summer baseball league with

AT TECH IN 2009: Matthew started eight games for the Golden Eagles and made 12 appearances his freshman season…had 20 strikeouts and 23 walks in 36.2 innings pitched …finished with a 3-3 record and 9.33 ERA…struck out five batters in five innings pitched in his first career start against St. Peters on Feb. 21, earning the win...Shepherd also found success in the Valley Baseball League over the summer, finishing with a 1.95 ERA in nine appearances, throwing a total of 37 innings.

SULLIVAN EAST HS: Finished his senior campaign with a 2.21 ERA, earning all-conference and all-region recognition...won team’s top pitcher award after his junior year…posted a 6-2 re-cord with a 1.93 ERA throughout his junior season…a versatile athlete who played third base, shortstop, and second base in addition to pitching for coach Mike Breuninger.

the Springfield Statesmen...finished his junior season hitting .486 with five home runs, five triples, 15 doubles and 36 RBIs...hit .382 his sophomore season with four home runs, four triples 10 doubles and 28 RBIs.

PERSONAL: Full name is Chad Russell Hayes...son of Russ and the late Vicki Hayes...born June 16, 1990...majoring in business.

PERSONAL: Full name is Matthew Keith Shepherd…son of Ed-die and Tammy Shepherd…born May 2, 1990 in Bristol, Tenn…majoring in excercise science.

Year G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA2009 10 2 1 26.0 29 21 21 10 15 0 1-1 7.27TOT 10 2 1 26.0 29 21 21 10 15 0 1-1 7.27

HAYES’ CAREER STATISTICSYear G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB -A AVG.2009 35 -30 100 11 22 4 0 0 11 0 --- 0 .220TOT 35 -30 100 11 22 4 0 0 11 0 --- 0 .220

Year G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA2009 12 8 0 36.2 62 48 38 23 20 0 3-3 9.33TOT 12 8 0 36.2 62 48 38 23 20 0 3-3 9.33

SHEPHERD’S CAREER STATISTICS

Sophomore F 2B/RHP F R/R

5-11 F 170 FSpringfield, Ill.(Lanipher HS)

Golden Eagle Returnees/Sophomores

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6-0 F 195 F Brentwood, Tenn.(Brentwood HS)

BEN BURGESS

AT TECH IN 2009: Ben started 54 games for the Golden Eagles in the outfield and behind the dish in 2009…named to the OVC all-new-comer team after batting .316 with a .414 slugging percentage…led the team in at-bats (215) and was second in hits (68) and RBIs (45)…tied for the team lead with 16 multi-hit games, including three four-hit games and two three-hit games…had 12 multi-RBI games including a career-high five RBIs against Middle Tennessee on Feb. 25 after going 4-for-5 with a double and a home run…hit four home runs and nine doubles on the season…had the second-longest hit-streak of any Golden Eagle during the 2009 season with nine consecutive games with a hit…started two games on the mound for the Golden Eagles and pitched in eight for a total of 22.1 innings pitched…got his first victory in the OVC tournament-clinching game against Jacksonville State after throwing four innings of one-hit ball and recording four strikeouts as Tech topped the Gamecocks 4-3 in 10 innings…was named to the OVC all-tournament team.

BRENTWOOD HS: Was named team MVP, and an all-district, all-region and all-State selection...set single season records with 57 hits, 46 RBIs

AT TECH IN 2009: Doug was the bullpen catcher for the Golden Eagles as a freshman in 2009, and saw action in four games…made five plate appearances.

CANNON COUNTY HS: Earned four letters on the CCHS base-ball team playing catcher, third base and shortstop...earned Best Team Defensive Player honors and was an All-District hon-orable mention...an offensive threat, Doug hit .380 his junior year, and .360 his senior season...made honor roll, and was a member of the Beta Club.

PERSONAL: Full name is Douglas Martin...son of Roger and Rhonda Martin...born Feb. 27, 1990...majoring in agricultural engineering and technology.

MARTIN’S CAREER STATISTICS

Year G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA2009 8 2 0 22.1 25 22 17 13 14 0 1-2 6.85TOT 8 2 0 22.1 25 22 17 13 14 0 1-2 6.85

BURGESS’ CAREER STATISTICSYear G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB -A AVG.2009 54 -54 215 28 68 9 0 4 45 1 --- 1 .316TOT 54 -54 215 28 68 9 0 4 45 1 --- 1 .316

and 19 doubles his senior season with a .479 batting average...had a .390 batting average and 37 RBIs his sophomore season…was named Rookie of the Year after his freshman campaign…finished his career with 170 hits, 123 runs scored and 119 RBIs...also excelled in the class-room, with a 3.8 GPA, and earned TSSAA Academic Award.

PERSONAL: Full name is Benjamin Davis Burgess…son of Barry and Doe Burgess…born Aug. 7, 1989…grandfather Kenneth Redmond played football and basketball at Tech in 1945-46…majoring in ac-counting.

Year G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB -A AVG.2009 4 ---0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 .000TOT 4 ---0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 .000

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Sophomore F C F R/R

6-3 F 190 F Woodbury, Tenn.(Cannon County HS)

DOUGMARTIN

Golden Eagle Returnees /Sophomores

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Junior F OF F R/R

5-10 F 215 F Chalmette, La.(Chalmette HS/Pearl River CC)

SETHEDWARDS

AT PEARL RIVER CC: Helped his team to a conference champi-onship and was named to the All-State team as a freshman... sat out most of his sophomore season with a broken ankle before returning to help his team to the playoffs late in the year.

AT CHALMETTE HS: Earned four letters in baseball, playing pitcher and shortstop…was named baseball MVP two times and helped his team to two district championships…also played football for four years as a quarterback and was named MVP…earned all-state honors in both football and baseball and was named Male Athlete of the Year in 2005…helped his football team to three district championships.

PERSONAL: Full name is Seth Michael Edwards…son of Billy Edwards and Denise Hunter…born March 23, 1987…majoring in interdisciplinary studies.

AT MOTLOW STATE CC: Hit .438 (70-for-160) in 2009 which was tops among all Tennessee Junior College players... hit .403 (124-for-307) in his two-year career…hit 17 doubles and six home runs in 2009, and 27 doubles and eight home runs in his career, with a career total of 74 RBIs (33/41)…2009 first team all-conference.

AT BLACKMAN HS: Earned BHS all-sports MVP, 2007 7AAA All-District, 2006 7AAA All-District, 3rd team all-region…played second base for coach Chris Trendway.

PERSONAL: Full name is Frankie Leon Beech, III…son of Frankie Jr. and Dawn Beech…born March 22, 1989…majoring in education.

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Junior F IF F R/R

6-0 F 200 FLaurel, Md.(Dematha Catholic/NW Shoals CC)

DEVINRIVERS

AT NORTHWEST SHOALS CC: Hit .385 with an .823 slugging percentage and was second among Alabama Junior College players in slugging percentage.…hit 17 home runs, leading all Alabama Junior College players in home runs per game... drew 54 walks on the season...stole 14 bases in 15 attempts.

AT DEMATHA CATHOLIC HS: Earned two letters playing in the infield for coach Charlie Sullivan…hit .400 his senior season and was named team MVP.

PERSONAL: Full name is Devin Marshall Rivers…son of Thomas and Laima Rivers…born September 25, 1988…majoring in pre-physical therapy.

AT CLEVELAND STATE CC: Stephen played baseball for two years at Cleveland State Community College in Cleveland, Tenn...was drafted by the Texas Rangers after his freshman season.

AT FRIENDSHIP CHRISTIAN HS: Stephen played baseball and basketball…was an all-district and all-region selection in base-ball…helped his team to the 1A State Championship in 2007…was an All-State selection after his senior season...went 3-0 his junior season with a 0.00 ERA...was a member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Full name is Stephen Michael Pryor…son of Chris and Lisa Pryor…born July 23, 1989…majoring in exercise and physical wellness.

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Junior F IF F R/R

5-11 F 180 F Smyrna, Tenn.(Blackman HS/Motlow State CC)

FRANKIEBEECH

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Junior F RHP F R/R

6-4 F 235 F Mt. Juliet, Tenn.(Friendship Christian/Cleveland State CC)

STEPHENPRYOR

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Freshman F IF F R/R

6-4 F 180 F Tracy City, Tenn.(Marion County HS)

ZEPHANGUYEAR

AT MARION COUNTY HS: Earned four letters in baseball, playing in the infield, outfield and pitching…named 2009 6AA Player of the Year, 2008 6AA All-District, 2008 and 2009 Chat-tanooga Times Best of Preps…led his team to four consecu-tive district 6AA championships, and regional championships in 2007 and 2008…in 2009 hit 13 doubles, four triples, three home runs, with 46 RBIs, 23 stolen bases and a .429 batting average…hit .403 for his career.

PERSONAL: Full name is Jacob Zephaniah Guyear…son of Da-vid and Sherry Guyear…born August 9, 1991…major is general education.

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Freshman F LHP F L/L

5-11 F 180 F Collierville, Tenn.(Collierville HS)

AUSTIN ANDERSON

AT COLLIERVILLE HS: Played baseball and was a pitcher for coach Jeff Hopkins…posted a 6-2 record with a 2.97 ERA as a senior, and beat Farragut HS, the No. 1 high school team in the nation...team finished third in state in 2009...went 9-3 as a junior with a 3.41 ERA...earned Most Improved award in 2008 and was named to the all-tournament team…off the field was named to the Academic Honor Roll.

PERSONAL: Full name is Austin Douglas Anderson…son of Douglas and Patti Anderson…born December 26, 1990…ma-joring in agribusiness.

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Freshman F RHP F R/R6-5 F 175 F Clinton, Tenn.(Anderson County HS)

NICK PRICE

AT ANDERSON COUNTY HS: Nick lettered in baseball all four years, and was selected to the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association team after his junior and senior years…had a 10-1 record with a 1.17 ERA as a senior and was named District 4-AA co-Pitcher of the Year…was also an all-district and all-region selection and named to the Tennessee Baseball Report all-region team…went 8-3 as a junior with a 3.08 ERA…struck out 60 batters in 50 innings pitched, and walked just 25…allowed 41 hits and recorded one save…led his team to three consecu-tive district championships and also won regional and sectional championships in 2006 and 2008…finished third in state in 2006…was a member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Full name is Nicholas Kurt Price…son of Tony and Jane Price…born March 23, 1991 in Knoxville, Tenn…majoring in pre-pharmacy.

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Freshman F C F R/R

5-10 F 205 F Collierville, Tenn.(Collierville HS)

EVAN FRAZIER

AT COLLIERVILLE HS: Evan hit .335 with six home runs and 53 RBIs his senior season for coach Jeff Hopkins…helped his team to the state semi-finals that season and was team MVP…hit .301 with 27 RBIs as a junior and .315 with 23 RBIs as a sophomore...earned Commercial Appeal Best of Preps honors…named TBCA region 7-8 team...his team compiled a 63-12 record during his junior and senior seasons...also played football for three years.

PERSONAL: Full name is Evan Clay Frazier…son of Todd Frazier and Rene Conner…born Jan. 22, 1991…majoring in turf and grass management.

Golden Eagle Newcomers /Freshmen

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Freshman F OF F R/R6-0 F 200 F Clarksville, Tenn.(Clarksville HS)

WILL THOMAS

AT CLARKSVILLE HS: Will hit .381 with a .582 on base percent-age his junior year and had 23 RBIs…led his team to back-to-back district championships in 2007 and 2008, and a runner-up finish in 2006…played in 11 games his senior year before injury and hit .361 with three home runs and 12 RBIs…also earned one letter on the golf team…was an all-area selection…Na-tional Honor Society President, academic all-county three years, received the Excel Award for all A’s four years and earned the TSSAA Academic Award.

PERSONAL: Full name is William Scott Thomas…son of Scott and Catherine Thomas…born Jan. 6, 1991…majoring in civil engineering.

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Freshman F RHP F R/R6-3 F 220 F Sardinia, Ohio(Western Brown HS)

RYAN HOPKINS

AT WESTERN BROWN HS: Earned three letters in baseball playing pitcher and first base for coach Jeff Herrmann…had 36 strikeouts and only six walks in 33 innings pitched with a 3.1 ERA his junior year…a second-team all-league selection in baseball, and a first-team all city (Cincinnati), all-league and all-district and all-state (Ohio) honorable mention in football…was on honor roll and named scholar athlete.

PERSONAL: Full name is Ryan Douglas Hopkins…son of Doug and Shaune Hopkins…born April 20, 1991…majoring in gen-eral education.

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Freshman F OF F L/R

5-10 F 165 F Beaver Falls, Pa.(Blackhawk HS)

AUSTIN WULF

AT BLACKHAWK HS: Austin was a Louisville Slugger High School All-American, and a two-time first-team all-section and first-team all-state selection at Blackhawk High School…also named P6 West and Beaver County Times all star…hit .508 his senior season with 29 RBIs, 32 runs scored, 11 stolen bases, nine doubles and two triples…hit .533 (40-for-75) his junior season with 40 hits including 14 doubles, two triples and two home runs…had 23 RBIs, scored 33 runs and stole 10 bases…led his team to a section championship and final four appear-ance his junior season, and a league runner-up finish during his freshman and sophomore campaigns…played for coach Bob Amalia…also earned three letters in football, playing wide receiver and strong safety for coach Joe Hamilton…was on the Academic Honor Roll.

PERSONAL: Full name is Austin James Wulf…son of Tony Wulf and Beth Wulf…born Nov. 11, 1990…majoring in business.

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Freshman F RHP F R/R

6-3 F 170 F Kingsport, Tenn.(Sullivan South HS)

TRISTANARCHER

AT SULLIVAN SOUTH HS: A two-time first-team all-conference selection, and 2009 Big 9 conference Player of the Year...was named all-region, All-Northeast Tennessee and Johnson City Press Super 22 after 2008 and 2009 seasons, was a second-team All-State selection in 2009…had an 8-1 record and 0.69 ERA as a senior...went 8-3 in 2009 with a 1.82 ERA, and hit .358 from the plate as a junior…drafted by the Oakland Athletics after his senior campaign.

PERSONAL: Full name is Tristan James Archer…son of Roger and Theresa Archer…born Oct. 18, 1990…majoring in business management.

Golden Eagle Newcomers/Freshmen

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Freshman F SS/C F R/R

5-10 F 190 F Cincinnati, Ohio(Sycamore HS)

MICHAEL MORRIS

AT SYCAMORE HS: Earned three varsity letters in baseball playing shortstop and catcher for coach Chrims Shrimpton...finished his career with 122 hits...batted .467 as a senior, .425 as a junior and .356 as a sophomore...was named All-Cincinnati his senior year...earned high academic honors on three occa-sions...was rated as a top 50 prospect in the state of Ohio by Rise Magazine.

PERSONAL: Full name is Michael Thomas Morris...son of Thomas and Lori Morris...born May 30, 1991...enrolled in gen-eral studies.

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Freshman F OF F R/R

6-4 F 185 F Nashville, Tenn.(Franklin Road Academy)

GREGGLASER

AT FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY: Lettered four years in baseball for coach George Weicker playing outfield and pitcher…was an all-district selection his senior season in 2009 after hitting .420 with five home runs, 24 RBIs and 10 stolen bases…hit .386 as a junior with three home runs, 20 RBIs and seven stolen bases…earned the team’s Freshman of the Year award in 2006…off the field earned the Citizenship Award in 2006 and made the Deans list in 2008 and 2009…also earned two letters in football at quarterback, receiver and safety for coach David Tucker.

PERSONAL: Full name is Greg Page Glaser…son of Jeff and Lesley Glaser…born March 20, 1991... majoring in civil engi-neering.

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Freshman F 2B F R/R5-11 F 160 F Cookeville, Tenn.(Cookeville HS)

TEVIS SHERFIELD

AT COOKEVILLE HS: Earned four letters in baseball, playing second base for coach Brent Chaffin…during his career Tevis earned Rookie of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, and Hard 90 awards…was a team captain and a three-time all-district selection…earned one all-state selection…helped Cookeville High to one district championship…over his four seasons Tevis hit .500, .469, .339 and .336.

PERSONAL: Full name is Tevis Wade Sherfield…son of Roger and Michelle Sherfield…father Roger played baseball at Tech for two years…born May 7, 1991…majoring in mechanical engineering.

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Freshman F RHP F R/R6-0 F 195 F Franklin, Tenn.(Franklin Road Academy)

ANDYWILLIAMS

AT FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY: Andy earned four letters playing shortstop and pitcher for coach George Weicker…was an all-district selection his sophomore, junior and senior seasons…as a junior Andy was also an all-state and all-region selection, and defensive MVP…hit .436 with six home runs at the plate and posted a 9-1 record with a 1.47 ERA and one no-hitter on the mound…was named the Yellow Jacket Classic Tournament MVP during his senior season…off the field Andy earned the Alumni Award, was a member of the Dean’s list from 2007-09 and was a student ambassador from 2006-09.

PERSONAL: Full name is Andrew Edward Williams…son of Tony and Christy Williams…born December 17, 1990…majoring in exercise science.

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2009 Golden Eagle Seniors

Career HighlightsF Became Tech’s all-time leader in innings pitched per home run allowed (19.03 in-nings)F Holds 10th highest K/Walk ratio for a season in Tech history (2.76, 2008)F Earned two wins in 2009 postseason play, including complete game win over Alabama in NCAA Regional Tournament

Michael Alcorn F Right Handed Pitcher 2005-2009 (*Medical redshirt in 2007)

Career StatisticsYear G GS CG IP H R ER BB K W-L ERA2005 7 4 1 29.1 32 18 13 12 13 3-1 3.992006 3 2 0 12.2 12 10 7 1 10 0-3 4.972008 14 13 5 77.2 89 45 40 21 58 7-5 4.642009 10 9 3 51.2 65 39 30 20 39 3-3 5.23TOTAL 34 28 9 171.1 198 112 90 54 120 13-12 4.73

Career HighlightsF Scored 10th most runs in a season in Tech history in 2009, with team-leading 54F Hit eighth most triples in a season in Tech history with four in 2008, tied for team leadF Started in 104 out of 105 games played during his two-year Tech career Alex Henry F Left Field

2008-2009

Career StatisticsYear G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-ATT AVG.2008 50 49 198 44 63 8 4 2 22 4-5 .3182009 55 55 207 54 65 11 0 3 21 4-4 .314TOTAL 105 104 405 98 128 19 4 5 43 8-9 .316

Career StatisticsYear G GS CG IP H R ER BB K W-L ERA2008 21 3 0 40.0 48 25 21 21 25 4-0 4.722009 21 5 1 72.0 67 43 30 33 58 4-2 3.75TOTAL 42 8 1 112.0 115 68 51 54 83 8-2 4.10

Career HighlightsF 2009 OVC All-Tournament team (1-0, 1CG, 2.00 ERA)F Finished his career third in Tech history in saves (6) and sixth in W/L Pct. (8-2, .800)F Combined for a one-hitter against Col-lege World Series participant Southern Miss. in May, 2009. (6.0 IP, 1H, 1R, W)F Drafted by Kansas City Royals after 2009

Ryan Dennick F Left Handed Pitcher 2008-2009

Career HighlightsF Tied for team lead with 15 doubles in 2009F Started all 111 of Tech’s games in his two-year Golden Eagle careerF Had 18 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games in 2009F Had three hits (2HR, 2B), and four RBI’s in a game against S. Peters in 2009

Evan Webb F Third Base 2008-2009

Career StatisticsYear G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-ATT AVG.2008 55 55 197 36 65 12 0 6 64 1-1 .3302009 56 56 198 32 59 15 1 7 35 0-0 .298TOTAL 111 111 395 68 124 27 1 13 76 1-1 .314

Career HighlightsFLed the OVC in runners caught stealing, throwing out 24-of-50 (48.0 percent) poten-tial base stealersF Posted a .990 career fielding percentage with seven errors, 584 putouts and 82 assistsF Made the OVC Commissioners Honor Roll in two out of four years, and Athletic Direc-tors Honor Roll in six out of eight semesters

Cory Wright F Catcher2006-2009

Career StatisticsYear G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-ATT AVG.2006 18 9 37 6 9 4 1 0 3 0-0 .2432007 25 15 54 9 11 2 0 3 17 0-0 .2042008 31 24 35 6 10 0 0 0 3 1-1 .1542009 44 39 128 20 32 7 0 4 21 1-2 .250TOTAL 118 87 284 41 62 13 1 7 44 2-3 .218

A look back... Tech’s 2009 senior class

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And the season began just as planned, as the team got off to an 8-2 start by the first week of March, with its top three pitchers going a combined 4-0 in that time. And as with its pitching, Tech’s bats got the job done as well. In those 10 games, the Golden Eagles hung 12 or more runs on opponents three times, something they would do only twice more in the regular season. But a string of untimely injuries would put the Golden Eagles’ will to the test. First, Dobbs suffered a shoulder injury that would sideline him for nearly a month, before eventually ending his season after he attempted a comeback in late March. Less than a week later, Liberatore would pull him-self from a game after just three innings because of pain in his elbow, which would eventually require season-ending Tommy John surgery. Before their injuries, Liberatore hadn’t allowed a run in 17 innings, as he fanned 21 batters, and walked just six, going 2-0 with a perfect 0.00 ERA. Meanwhile, Dobbs went 1-0 in two starts, with seven strikeouts. But less than three weeks into the year, the only pre-season weekend starter left was Alcorn, who was battling the same back injuries that had already cost him two seasons. “When Liberatore and Dobbs went down, I don’t know that at first we had any real answers,” Bragga said. “Those guys are extremely good, and we weren’t planning on losing them. When that happened, we had to take a couple steps back, and it took us a few weeks to figure out exactly who should go into what role.” That’s when the team began to slump, dropping 10 of its next 15 games, and stumbling to a 1-7 start in Ohio Valley Conference play. But as many outsiders would begin to write off the beaten-up squad, the Golden Eagles would show their critics they might have been too quick to judge. “That’s a difficult point in the year when you’re 1-7 to start conference play,” Bragga said. “I give so much credit to our guys because they just kept fighting.

A Season to Remember2009 Season in Review

Long before the 2009 baseball season began, Tennessee Tech head coach Matt Bragga expected to get to the NCAA tournament – and beyond - behind an elite pitching staff, includ-ing a weekend starting rotation of Jared Dobbs, Adam Liberatore and Michael Alcorn.

Ben Burgess

A.J. Kirby-Jones

Tennessee Tech 2009 OVC All-Tournament members

Chad Hayes

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After their 1-7 OVC start, the Golden Eagles went 9-4-1to finish the conference season, capped by a three-game sweep over preseason favorite Jacksonville State in the final weekend of league play. The sweep boosted Tech into fifth place in the conference standings with a 10-11-1 league finish, and a 26-22-1 overall mark. As Tech entered the OVC tournament, the mission was simple: Four wins, one at a time. “It’s not like there was this 20-game win streak that got us back in it,” Bragga said. “It was just a matter of biting off a little at a time, making up ground a little at a time. It was never like we were unbeatable, our guys just kept plug-ging.” Tech’s first test in the OVC tournament would come against Southeast Missouri, which embarrassed Tech in a three-game sweep in Cookeville to start conference play back in March. But this time Tech would handle the Red-hawks behind another strong pitching performance from Henry, and a grand slam from freshman Ben Burgess. Tech’s 9-5 win put the Golden Eagles in the winners bracket, where they would face No. 2 seeded Murray State. For the second straight tournament game, the Golden Eagles would face an opponent that they did not beat in the regular season. Tech went 0-2-1 against the Thor-oughbreds earlier in the month, and would face one of the league’s best pitchers in Chris Craycraft. But again, Tech was un-fazed, as sophomore Chad Oberacker hit a two-run homer in the top of the first inning, and the Golden Eagles would lead through-out. A complete-game pitching performance from Dennick and a four-run eighth inning would help seal the 7-2 victory, and put Tech just one win from the OVC title game. “In a fun way, this team was very business like,” Bragga said. “The way they handled themselves, you just knew that these guys were going to play good baseball.” The Golden Eagles would again face a challenging task as they took on Jacksonville State the next day for the right to go to the OVC championship game. Not only were the Gamecocks the preseason pick to win the conference, but they had the league’s preseason Pitcher of the Year on the mound, Ben Tootle, who had been projected as high as a top-10 overall MLB draft pick. But Tech made quick work of Tootle, bouncing him in the first inning en route to a quick 3-1 lead in what would become an offensive slugfest. Tech would extend the lead by as many as five runs, but four Gamecock runs in the ninth would force extra innings. With

There wasn’t a Vince Lombardi speech that changed every-thing, our guys just stayed the course, believed in what we do, and believed in themselves.” Two pitchers who began the season primarily as closers, would step into the spotlight, and cast a shadow over the rest of the league. Lee Henry made his first start of the year in a crucial OVC contest on April 11, and the junior

would not be pulled from another game in the regular season. Henry started five con-secutive conference weekends, throwing five complete games. He went 4-1 in that time, and improved his overall record to 7-2. His 2.63 ERA by sea-sons end was good for second in the league. After making 16 re-lief appearances, Ryan Dennick got the nod

as a starter the final month of the season. All he did in that role was go 3-0 in four starts, including a one-hitter against College World Series participant Southern Miss. In his nearly 25 innings of work as a starter, Dennick allowed only four earned runs while opponents hit a futile .189 against him. “It’s amazing, two guys that we really needed to rise, really rose,” Bragga said. “But they did what they always do to be honest, they just did it in a different role. You can ask guys to step up, and tell them you need them to step up, but when they’re true competitors, they will, and that’s what those boys are.” As the Golden Eagles seemed to have pitchers stepping up from all over the diamond on a weekly basis – including right fielder Ben Burgess, second baseman Chad Hayes, center fielder Chad Oberacker and first baseman A.J. Kirby-Jones all pitching effectively when called upon -- their defense and hitters were getting the job done on the field as well. Turning quality pitching performances into wins, Tech started at the bottom, and climbed its way up the OVC standings. “The reality of it was, our pitchers were doing such a great job, that our hitters didn’t feel that added pressure,” Bragga said. “As long as we played defense, the guys that were put on the mound were going to come in and give us a chance to win.” Sophomore slugger A.J. Kirby-Jones led the charge from the plate, punishing the baseball -- and opposing pitchers -- on his way to a team-record 20 home runs, while adding 15 doubles, 68 RBIs, and a few lights-out pitch-ing performances to boot. But Kirby-Jones wasn’t the only threat from the plate. Six Golden Eagles hit .300 or above throughout the regular season, and in one OVC win against UT Martin near the end of the year, all nine Tech batters hit safely at least once.

“It’s not like there was this 20-game win streak that got us back in it. It was just a

matter of biting off a little

at a time, making up ground a little

at a time.”

Chad Oberacker

2009 Season in Review

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Bragga said. “The great thing that I saw was our guys were un-fazed by that. There could have been 60,000 fans there and our guys wouldn’t have been fazed.” In the first game of the regional, Tech picked up right where it left off the week before. The Golden Eagles

took a lead in the top of the first inning against top-seeded and No. 16 ranked Clemson, and would pull ahead 4-1 be-fore the Tigers could respond. Dennick threw seven innings against the Tigers, and gave up only five hits and three runs, as Tech took a 4-3 lead into the bottom of the ninth. But that’s when Clemson would come

up with a dagger. Back-to-back singles to start the inning put Tigers on first and second, and with one out, Clemson’s Jeff Schaus ripped a two-run walk-off double into the right field corner that gave Clemson a 5-4 win, and dropped Tech into the losers bracket, where it would face elimination for the first time in the postseason. “We executed great all around, and then to lose it the way we lost, in heartbreak fashion, was tough,” Bragga said. “Someone asked me in the hotel lobby that night, how in the world we were ever going to be able to bounce back from that. But I knew for a fact that because of our young men, they were going to bounce back, and they did.” The victim of Tech’s turnaround just happened to be No. 14 Alabama. Tech jumped on the Crimson Tide early, and wouldn’t let go, taking a 2-1 lead in the second inning, on its way to a 6-2 win behind a complete-game pitching performance from Alcorn that sent Alabama home for the summer. “Michael Alcorn came out and gave us a tremen-dous start, and anytime you get performances like that, it’s going to give you a chance to win,” Bragga said. The Golden Eagles would run into Clemson again the very next day, and this time the Tigers would roll to a 10-0 win to eliminate Tech, before topping Oklahoma State 15-1 later that day, and clinching the regional crown with another win over Oklahoma State the next day. When it was all said and done, the Golden Eagles were one of college baseball’s final 48 teams standing. “Anytime you can win a championship and com-pete in the regional, it’s great for your program. It’s great for recruiting and it’s great for your guys coming back,” Bragga said. “We have high expectations for this program, and our guys know exactly what those are.”

the game tied at 12 in the bottom of the tenth, sophomore Casanova Donaldson would end the seesaw battle. With Chad Oberacker on second base after a single and a clutch steal, Donaldson would blast a line drive into right field that scored the game-winning run, and advanced Tech to the OVC title game without a loss. Tech would face Jacksonville State in the title game the next day, needing just one more win to clinch its third OVC championship since 1997. But this time it was JSU who came out of the gate hot, taking a 3-1 lead in the first inning. But after the first frame, Tech starting pitcher Chason Choate buckled down, and threw five scoreless innings, and the Golden Eagle offense battled back to tie the game behind home runs from Alex Henry and Evan Webb. With the game tied 3-3 after the sixth inning, Ben Burgess came in to try his luck on the mound. Burgess surrendered only one hit, while striking out four JSU batters, as the Gamecocks only put one runner on base the rest of the game. As the game wore on into extra-innings, the Tech offense manufactured a go-ahead run to take a 4-3 lead in the top of the 10th. In the bottom of the frame, Burgess continued his dominance to retire the side in order, earning his first collegiate win as Tech clinched the OVC title without facing elimination. Not only did the Golden Eagles trail after only four innings out of the 38 they played in the tournament, but they committed only two errors in those four games, both coming on the same play. To top it off, it took back-to-back 10-inning victories over Jacksonville State, making it a per-fect 5-0 record against the Gamecocks on the year, to seal the crown. “You want your guys to be playing the best baseball at the end of the year, that’s your goal,” Bragga said. “There is no question that’s what happened. When we got to Pad-ucah, our guys just embraced everything we did, they took it and ran with it. It was just a really fun ride.” A.J. Kirby-Jones was named the tournament’s MVP, as he hit three home runs, and batted .500 in Tech’s four games. Chad Oberacker, Casanova Donaldson, Ben Burgess, Ryan Dennick and Lee Henry were also named to the all-tour-nament team. But the ride didn’t end there, and neither did Tech’s winning ways. The conference champi-onship earned the Golden Eagles an automatic bid to the NCAA regional tourna-ment, and Tech was placed in the Clemson regional, along with Oklahoma State, Alabama, and host Clemson. “We get there, and there’s about 7,000 fans in the stands, and all but 100 of them are cheering for Clemson,”

CasanovaDonaldson

MichaelAlcorn

2009 Season in Review

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Date Opponent W Score L r-h-e r-h-e Inns Overall Ohio Valley Pitcher of record Attend Time Feb 20, 2009 ST. PETER’S W 8-1 8-11-3 1-6-2 9 1-0-0 0-0-0 LIBERATORE (W 1-0) 132 2:42 Feb 20, 2009 ST. PETER’S W 14-4 14-15-2 4-9-1 9 2-0-0 0-0-0 DOBBS (W 1-0) 112 3:28 Feb 21, 2009 ST. PETER’S W 12-6 12-15-2 6-8-1 9 3-0-0 0-0-0 SHEPHERD (W 1-0) 116 3:08 Feb 21, 2009 ST. PETER’S 2-5 L 2-6-1 5-5-1 7 3-1-0 0-0-0 OBERACKER (L 0-1) 115 2:00 Feb 25, 2009 at Middle Tennessee 8-9 L 8-11-0 9-7-0 9 3-2-0 0-0-0 DENNICK (L 0-1) 325 2:57 Feb 27, 2009 vsMarshall W 1-0 1-6-1 0-3-0 9 4-2-0 0-0-0 LIBERATORE (W 2-0) 0 2:10 Feb 28, 2009 at The Citadel W 7-6 7-18-0 6-15-0 (15) 5-2-0 0-0-0 HENRY, L. (W 1-0) 0 4:54 Mar 06, 2009 TOLEDO W 4-2 4-6-0 2-6-0 9 6-2-0 0-0-0 HENRY, L. (W 2-0) 171 2:49 Mar 07, 2009 TOLEDO W 14-7 14-13-2 7-11-2 9 7-2-0 0-0-0 SHEPHERD (W 2-0) 223 2:51 Mar 07, 2009 TOLEDO W 8-6 8-10-2 6-9-2 7 8-2-0 0-0-0 ALCORN (W 1-0) 223 2:26 Mar 08, 2009 TOLEDO 7-11 L 7-10-1 11-10-2 9 8-3-0 0-0-0 HENRY, L. (L 2-1) 187 2:52 Mar 11, 2009 BELMONT W 8-6 8-5-2 6-6-1 9 9-3-0 0-0-0 GRIGGS (W 1-0) 105 2:35 Mar 13, 2009 VALPARAISO W 6-4 6-6-0 4-10-2 7 10-3-0 0-0-0 KIRBY-JONES (W 1-0) - 2:09 Mar 13, 2009 VALPARAISO 8-12 L 8-9-0 12-12-1 7 10-4-0 0-0-0 BURGESS (L 0-1) 99 2:31 Mar 18, 2009 at Tennessee 5-7 L 5-11-2 7-7-0 9 10-5-0 0-0-0 FORST (L 0-1) 1466 3:06 * Mar 21, 2009 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 2-14 L 2-12-1 14-12-1 9 10-6-0 0-1-0 KIRBY-JONES (L 1-1) - 3:11 * Mar 21, 2009 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 3-4 L 3-6-0 4-7-1 7 10-7-0 0-2-0 ALCORN (L 1-1) 361 2:25 * Mar 22, 2009 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 4-7 L 4-7-3 7-8-1 9 10-8-0 0-3-0 SHEPHERD (L 2-1) 169 3:08 Mar 24, 2009 at Belmont W 5-4 5-16-2 4-9-1 (12) 11-8-0 0-3-0 HENRY, L. (W 3-1) 207 3:38 * Mar 29, 2009 at Eastern Illinois 5-25 L 5-10-7 25-20-0 7 11-9-0 0-4-0 KIRBY-JONES (L 1-2) - 2:46 * Mar 29, 2009 at Eastern Illinois 0-2 L 0-2-0 2-4-0 7 11-10-0 0-5-0 DOBBS (L 1-1) 143 1:59 April 1, 200 ETSU W 15-7 15-19-2 7-8-3 9 12-10-0 0-5-0 OBERACKER (W 1-1) 277 3:04 * Apr 04, 2009 at Morehead State W 17-16 17-10-3 16-19-7 (10) 13-10-0 1-5-0 DENNICK (W 1-1) - 3:36 * Apr 04, 2009 at Morehead State 1-2 L 1-5-1 2-4-0 7 13-11-0 1-6-0 ALCORN (L 1-2) 317 1:29 * Apr 05, 2009 at Morehead State 7-12 L 7-12-8 12-15-2 9 13-12-0 1-7-0 KIRBY-JONES (L 1-7) 372 2:39 * Apr 10, 2009 EASTERN KENTUCKY W 10-4 10-11-1 4-9-2 9 14-12-0 2-7-0 OBERACKER (W 2-1) 121 3:03 * Apr 11, 2009 EASTERN KENTUCKY W 8-2 8-10-2 2-4-1 7 15-12-0 3-7-0 KIRBY-JONES (W 2-3) - 2:09 * Apr 11, 2009 EASTERN KENTUCKY W 4-3 4-12-1 3-5-0 7 16-12-0 4-7-0 HENRY, L. (W 4-1) 196 1:31 Apr 14, 2009 COVENANT 4-7 L 4-10-0 7-13-1 7 16-13-0 4-7-0 BURGESS (L 0-2) - 2:10 Apr 14, 2009 COVENANT W 8-0 8-10-0 0-2-2 7 17-13-0 4-7-0 HAYES (W 1-0) 200 1:51 Apr 15, 2009 at ETSU 8-11 L 8-11-3 11-14-3 9 17-14-0 4-7-0 DENNICK (L 1-2) 243 2:59 * Apr 18, 2009 at Austin Peay 2-6 L 2-5-2 6-9-1 9 17-15-0 4-8-0 OBERACKER (L 2-2) - 2:36 * Apr 18, 2009 at Austin Peay W 4-3 4-3-1 3-6-0 7 18-15-0 5-8-0 HENRY, L. (W 5-1) 319 2:30 Apr 21, 2009 GEORGIA STATE 7-9 L 7-10-1 9-10-0 9 18-16-0 5-8-0 HAYES (L 1-1) 111 3:22 Apr 22, 2009 GEORGIA STATE W 6-4 6-7-2 4-6-2 9 19-16-0 5-8-0 SHEPHERD (W 3-1) 143 2:32 * Apr 24, 2009 UT MARTIN 5-21 L 5-13-1 21-19-0 9 19-17-0 5-9-0 OBERACKER (L) - 3:05 * Apr 24, 2009 UT MARTIN W 1-0 1-6-0 0-5-0 7 20-17-0 6-9-0 HENRY, L. (W 6-1) 261 1:43 * Apr 26, 2009 UT MARTIN W 12-6 12-15-2 6-10-2 9 21-17-0 7-9-0 KIRBY-JONES (W 3-3) 179 3:05 Apr 27, 2009 ALABAMA A&M W 7-1 7-8-0 1-4-0 9 22-17-0 7-9-0 CHOATE (W 1-0) 134 2:48 Apr 29, 2009 at Western Carolina 0-11 L 0-3-2 11-14-1 9 22-18-0 7-9-0 SHEPHERD (L 3-2) 598 2:53 * May 02, 2009 at Murray State 7-10 L 7-9-3 10-13-1 9 22-19-0 7-10-0 ALCORN (L 1-3) - 3:14 * May 02, 2009 at Murray State 1-4 L 1-5-1 4-5-0 7 22-20-0 7-11-0 HENRY, L. (L 6-2) 173 1:36 * May 03, 2009 at Murray State 1-1 T 1-5-0 1-3-1 5 22-20-1 7-11-1 None 129 1:48 * May 08, 2009 JACKSONVILLE STATE W 5-1 5-10-1 1-8-0 9 23-20-1 8-11-1 DENNICK (W 2-2) - 2:31 * May 09, 2009 JACKSONVILLE STATE W 5-3 5-6-0 3-8-1 7 24-20-1 9-11-1 HENRY, L. (W 7-2) 185 2:15 * May 10, 2009 JACKSONVILLE STATE W 6-4 6-7-0 4-7-1 9 25-20-1 10-11-1 ALCORN (W 2-3) 176 2:42 May 15, 2009 at Southern Miss 2-10 L 2-6-3 10-10-0 7 25-21-1 10-11-1 SHEPHERD (L 2-2) - 2:10 May 15, 2009 at Southern Miss W 7-1 7-9-1 1-1-3 7 26-21-1 10-11-1 DENNICK (W 1-3) 2887 2:03 May 16, 2009 at Southern Miss 2-7 L 2-5-2 7-10-1 9 26-22-1 10-11-1 CHOATE (L 0-1) 3101 2:22 &May 20, 2009 vsSoutheast Missouri W 9-5 9-11-0 5-11-3 9 27-22-1 10-11-1 HENRY, L. (W 8-2) 0 3:00 &May 21, 2009 vsMurray State W 7-2 7-10-0 2-5-2 9 28-22-1 10-11-1 DENNICK (W 4-2) 0 2:24 &May 22, 2009 vsJacksonville State W 13-12 13-15-2 12-15-2 (10) 29-22-1 10-11-1 HENRY, L. (W 9-2) 808 4:00 &May 23, 2009 vsJacksonville State W 4-3 4-8-0 3-6-0 (10) 30-22-1 10-11-1 BURGESS (W 1-2) 713 2:58 $May 29, 2009 at Clemson 4-5 L 4-8-0 5-8-1 9 30-23-1 10-11-1 HENRY, L. (L 9-3) 5720 2:52 $May 30, 2009 vsAlabama W 6-2 6-12-0 2-9-2 9 31-23-1 10-11-1 ALCORN (W 3-3) 2185 2:53 $May 31, 2009 at Clemson 0-10 L 0-4-0 10-14-0 9 31-24-1 10-11-1 CHOATE (L 1-2) 3628 2:39

* = Conference game& = OVC Tournament$ = NCAA Tournament() extra inning game

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2009 Game-By-Game Results

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Record: 31-24-1 Home: 20-9 Away: 5-15-1 Neutral: 6-0 Ohio Valley: 10-11-1

BATTING Player AVG GP - GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB -ATT PO A E FLD%OBERACKER, Chad .354 50 - 50 195 51 69 8 4 4 27 97 .497 23 2 23 2 .422 3 5 11 - 13 128 6 4 .971DONALDSON, Casanova .333 45 - 35 117 27 39 5 1 2 18 52 .444 16 1 28 2 .409 3 4 6 --- 10 58 0 2 .967KIRBY-JONES, A.J. .325 56 - 56 197 49 64 15 0 20 68 139 .706 42 3 50 11 .445 3 0 1 --- 1 206 12 4 .982BURGESS, Ben .316 54 - 54 215 28 68 9 0 4 45 89 .414 7 4 34 7 .345 3 2 1 --- 1 147 16 7 .959HENRY, Alex .314 55 - 55 207 54 65 11 0 3 21 85 .411 28 10 49 1 .420 0 6 4 --- 4 82 8 1 .989WEBB, Evan .298 56 - 56 198 32 59 15 1 7 35 97 .490 16 4 46 8 .359 2 3 0 --- 0 31 111 10 .934CHEVERTON, Heath .253 56 - 56 170 31 43 10 1 1 15 58 .341 23 1 28 8 .338 4 4 2 --- 3 68 147 17 .927WRIGHT, Cory .250 44 - 39 128 20 32 7 0 4 21 51 .398 21 1 28 6 .353 3 2 1 --- 2 269 49 4 .988------Less than 2.0 AB/game --------POWERS, Trice .256 34 - 27 78 16 20 3 0 2 15 29 .372 13 7 17 5 .408 0 7 1 --- 1 44 64 9 .923McMILLAN, Tate .250 43 - 35 108 14 27 2 1 1 17 34 .315 24 8 18 2 .418 1 1 0 --- 2 258 15 2 .993HAYES, Chad .220 35 - 30 100 11 22 4 0 0 11 26 .260 7 0 22 3 .269 1 1 0 --- 0 48 92 8 .946CROSSMAN, Brandon .143 26 - 11 49 3 7 0 0 1 3 10 .204 8 0 11 1 .263 0 1 0 --- 0 25 7 2 .941MARTIN, Doug .000 4 --- 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 2 0 0 1.000HENRY, Lee .000 1 --- 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .500 0 0 0 --- 0 3 12 3 .833DENNICK, Ryan .000 1 --- 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 1 7 1 .889ALCORN, Michael .000 2 --- 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 6 9 1 .938RAUSCH, Richard .000 1 --- 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 1 0 1.000GRIGGS, Jerred .000 1 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 2 0 1.000

Totals .291 56 - 56 1771 336 515 89 8 49 297 767 .433 229 41 358 56 .380 23 36 27 - 37 1384 571 76 .963Opponents .279 56 - 56 1769 347 493 89 13 61 325 791 .447 263 42 382 37 .380 24 32 48 - 81 1362 540 64 .967

Miscellaneous Stats — LOB - Team (402), Opp (399). DPs turned - Team (43), Opp (63). IBB - Team (9), KIRBY-JONES 8, CHEVERTON 1, Opp (4). Pickedoff - OBERACKER 1, HENRY, A. 1.

PITCHING Player ERA W L APP GS CG SH CG SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HP BK SF SHHENRY, Lee 3.43 9 -3 21 6 5 1 0 1 78.2 72 38 30 40 80 15 2 8 284 .254 4 8 1 5 5DENNICK, Ryan 3.75 4 -2 21 5 1 0 0 2 72.0 67 43 30 33 58 8 1 9 278 .241 4 3 3 3 5CHOATE, Chason 4.91 1 -2 10 5 0 0 0 0 40.1 33 25 22 31 25 9 2 6 139 .237 4 0 0 2 3ALCORN, Michael 5.23 3 -3 10 9 3 0 0 0 51.2 65 39 30 20 39 12 1 4 202 .322 2 7 0 2 2KIRBY-JONES, A.J. 5.51 3 -3 18 4 0 0 1 3 49.0 47 40 30 37 52 7 0 8 190 .247 8 5 0 1 5HAYES, Chad 7.27 1 -1 10 2 1 1 0 0 26.0 29 21 21 10 15 7 2 3 99 .293 0 4 1 1 2SHEPHERD, Matthew 9.33 3 -3 12 8 0 0 0 0 36.2 62 48 38 23 20 16 2 6 164 .378 3 5 0 3 5--------------LIBERATORE, Adam 0.00 2 -0 3 3 0 0 1 0 17.0 7 0 0 6 21 2 0 0 59 .119 1 0 0 0 1BURGESS, Ben 6.85 1 -2 8 2 0 0 0 0 22.1 25 22 17 13 14 2 0 4 88 .284 6 2 0 2 1OBERACKER, Chad 7.39 2 -3 8 7 0 0 0 0 31.2 37 29 26 25 24 4 2 6 121 .306 2 4 2 1 2BILBREY, Wade 7.50 0 -0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 5 5 2 6 1 0 2 25 .360 0 0 0 0 0FORST, Blake 7.71 0 -1 6 1 0 0 0 0 11.2 14 13 10 8 13 1 1 2 46 .304 3 2 0 2 0DOBBS, Jared 9.00 1 -1 5 4 0 0 0 0 14.0 19 14 14 9 15 5 0 1 59 .322 0 2 0 0 0GRIGGS, Jerred 20.77 1 -0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 10 10 6 0 0 0 2 15 .467 4 0 1 2 1

Totals 5.48 31 24 56 56 10 3 1 6 461.1 493 347 281 263 382 89 13 61 1769 .279 41 42 8 24 32Opponents 5.69 24 31 56 56 7 3 2 6 454.0 515 336 287 229 358 89 8 49 1771 .291 41 41 4 23 36

Miscellaneous Stats — PB - Team (7), WRIGHT 4, BURGESS 2, CROSSMAN 1, Opp (8). Pickoffs - Team (16), WRIGHT 7, HAYES 2, HENRY, L. 2, KIRBY-JONES 1,GRIGGS 1, BURGESS 1, CHOATE 1, DENNICK 1, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - WRIGHT (26-51), BURGESS (21-25), HENRY, L. (6-14), ALCORN(7-13), CHOATE (6-10), DENNICK (8-9), OBERACKER (1-8), KIRBY-JONES (8-8), SHEPHERD (5-8), CROSSMAN (4-5), FORST (1-2), HAYES(1-2), LIBERATORE (2-2), DOBBS (0-1), BILBREY (0-1).

2009 Golden Eagle Statistics

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The following Tennessee Tech baseball players signed contracts with professional baseball teams since 1974:

Player Position Year Signed WithMike Moore Right Handed Pitcher 1974 Chicago CubsMatt Bailey Shortstop 1976 Atlanta BravesMike Behrend Right Handed Pitcher 1983 St. Louis CardinalsMike Jones Right Handed Pitcher 1985 Kansas City RoyalsGreg Maysonet Right Handed Pitcher 1986 Detroit TigersEric Sabel Right Handed Pitcher 1996 Arizona D’BacksShane Smith Catcher 1996 New York MetsCraig Mullins Shortstop 1999 IndependentKeith Hedrick Right Handed Pitcher 1996 IndependentMark Maberry Right Handed Pitcher 1997 New York MetsJeremy Bonczynski Third base 1997 IndependentJim Ed Warden Right Handed Pitcher 2001 Cleveland IndiansBen Cunningham First base 2001 IndependentMike Meihls Catcher 2002 New York YankeesCasey Benjamin Shortstop 2003 Texas RangersZac Cole Right Handed Pitcher 2007 Baltimore OriolesBubbie Buzachero Right Handed Pitcher 2007 Cleveland IndiansScott Dunham Outfielder 2007 Wichita WingnutsJake New Outfielder 2008 LA DodgersRyan Dennick Left Handed Pitcher 2009 Kansas City Royals

GOLDEN EAGLES host annual Pro Scout Night

Tennessee Tech’s annual Pro Scout Night, held in September, is a tremen-dous success for the Golden Eagle baseball team. Annually around 20 major league teams are represented, and the Major League Scouting Bureau supervi-sor has been in attendance as well. The scouts enjoy watching and testing the talented players as well as the hospitality of Tennessee Tech University baseball.

GOLDEN EAGLE PRO SCOUT NIGHT

Did you

know...?

The Golden Ealges have had a baseball player drafted in the

MLB draft in each of the past three seasons. A trend

that not only looks to continue, but pick

up in the coming years.

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GOLDEN EAGLES IN THE PROS

Jim Ed Warden

Casey Benjamin

Bubbie Buzachero

Jake New

Ryan Dennick

Ryan Dennick (Right) was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 2009. He spent most of the season with the Burlington Royals of the Appala-chian League and put up impressive numbers. In 14 appearances Dennick threw 33.1 innings with a 2.43 ERA and a .221 opponents batting average. He also struck out 34 batters and allowed only 11 walks.

Casey Benjamin (Left) wrapped up his second season of AAA baseball with the Oklahoma City Red Hawks in 2009. Benjamin hit .231 in 93 games with the Red Hawks, and hit 12 doubles, three triples and five home runs while collecting 32 RBIs.

Bubbie Buzachero (Right) was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 23rd round of the 2002 MLB draft. In 2009, the Livingston, Tenn., native posted a 5-4 record on the mound with a 2.49 ERA for the Class AAA Las Vegas 51’s. Buzzachero struck out 56 batters and walked just 14 while opponents hit just .184 against him in 2009.

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2008-09Jared DobbsChad OberackerTrice PowersRichard RauschCory Wright

2007-08Michael AlcornWade BilbreyJared DobbsEvan DyerThomas GrayTate McMillanThomas NelsonTrice Powers

2006-07Michael AlcornWade BilbreyZac ColeJared DobbsJustin FieldsBrantley KilgoreTate McMillanThomas NelsonJake NewJosh RiderMatt SmithRyan WardlowCory Wright

2005-06Charlie BoltonMatt KearneyBrantley KilgoreStuart MeinhartDaniel OwensMatt SmithRyan Wardlow

2004-05Michael AlcornPhillip HatchKenny Stiles

2003-04Robby AdamsKenny Stiles 2002-03Joshua EyeKenny Stiles

2001-02Joshua EyeKenny Stiles

2000-01David OttGrant SwallowsJim Ed Warden

1999-2000Brad KleemanDavid Ott 1998-99Grant Swallows

1997-98Clint HollowayAaron Nix

1996-97Matt FreyBrian LeeJeff Matukewicz 1995-96Rob BrownMike HurstBrian LeeLynus MartinAaron OlitaTrey OndrussTaylor RalphJason Wheeley

1994-95Jon CaseyDerek HurleyMike HurstCraig MullinsTaylor RalphJamie Tucker

1993-94Derek HunleyBrian OwensGreg Stallcup

1992-93Brent FrazierCraig Humberd1991-92Jon AdcockMatt BallardBrent Frazier

GOLDEN EAGLES ON OVC COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL

OVC Scholar-AthleteThomas Nelson, 2008Thomas Nelson, 2007 Steve Arnette, 1990Kevin Kalen, 1987Derek Lane, 1986

OVC Academic Medal of HonorSteve Arnette, 1988

Academic All-AmericaThomas Nelson, 2008Taylor Ralph, 1998Derek Lane, 1987Donley Canary, 1975Bill Bray, 1974

Academic All-DistrictThomas Nelson, 2008Taylor Ralph, 1998Ben Holt, 1993Ben Holt, 1991Steve Arnette, 1990Derek Lane, 1987

CoSIDA Academic All-Americaand Academic All-District IV

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Academic Honors

Scott HamptonBen HoltJohnny OrrRyan Smith

1990-91Craig HumberdDerek HunleyDavid JacksonCarter McCamyTodd WatkinsDavid West

1989-90Steve ArnetteDavid JacksonJ.C. SwaffordDavid WestDavid Wykle

Mark Wilson and Dr. Lance Jasitt present Michael Alcorn with the Scholar Athlete of the game award.

Thomas Nelson was one of three male athletes in the OVC to earn the OVC Scholar Athlete award.

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The Athletic Director’s Honor Roll was established in 1989 to recognize student-athletes who achieve a 3.0 grade-point average or higher for the semester. Num-bers in parentheses indicate the number of semesters each athlete has placed on the Honor Roll through 2009 Fall semester:

Athletic Director’s Honor Roll

Kevin Adams (2)Neale Adams (1)Robby Adams (3)Jon Adcock (2) Michael Alcorn (7)Tristan Archer (1)Steve Arnette (3)

Matt Attaway (3)Matt Ballard (3)Frankie Beech (1)Casey Benjamin (1)Wade Bilbrey (5)James Blevins (1)Charlie Bolton (1) Brandon Bornstein (3)Casey Bough (2)David Brinkley (1)Jason Brooker (3)Jason Brown (1)Rob Brown (4)Ryan Browning (2)Ben Burgess (2)Tim Burnette (1)Jason Burns (1)Brent Carrier (1)Jon Casey (2)Heath Cheverton (2)Matt Chodak (1) Kevin Cizmarik (2)Steve Clapp (1)Britt Clubb (2)Zac Cole (3)

Ron Coleman (1)Chris Combs (1)Brandon Crossman (2)Ryan Dennick (3)Jason Dillon (1)Jared Dobbs (7)Ben Downs (4)

Brian Driskell (2)Brian Dudney (2) J.D. Druckenmiller(1)Scott Dulworth (1)Scott Dunham (2)Wes Dunn (3)Evan Dyer (2)Aaron Elmore (1)Josh Eye (3)Justin Fields (5)Mike Fessler (1)Steve Folkers (1)Blake Forst (4)Brent Frazier (5)Matt Frey (4)Grant French (2)Chris Gant (4)Greg Glaser (1)Zephan Guyear (1)Thomas Gray (2)Jamie Greene (1)Steve Haggard (2)Mike Hall (1)Scott Hampton (4)Philip Hatch (5)

Ryan Hay (4)Chad Hayes (3)Chad Heminover (1)Alex Henry (2)Lee Henry (3)Clint Holloway (4)Ben Holt (5)Tim Horn (1)L. Huffstetler (2)Craig Humberd (4)Derek Hunley (6)Mike Hurst (2)Robert Hyder (1)David Jackson (5)David Jackson (2)Scott James (1)Jesse Johnson (1)Kurt Kalen (3)Matt Kearney (1) Corey Kemp (1)Brad Kleeman (2)Brantley Kilgore (3)Chris King (1)Mike Kinney (2)A.J. Kirby-Jones (3)Jason Kuhn (1)Brian Lee (4)Adam Liberatore (2)Jeremy Linville (1)Mark Maberry (1)Lynus Martin (4)Nathan Marty (1)Troy Martin (1)Kevin Mason (1)Jeff Matukewicz (4)Carter McCamy (1)Tate McMillan (7)Michael Meihls (2)Stuart Meinhart (2) Matt Mihoci (2)Adam Miller (1)Hunter Mize (1)B. Montgomery (1)Mike Moore (1)Bobby Morgan (4)Josh Mosser (1)Craig Mullins (3)Thomas Nelson (5)Jake New (2)Aaron Nix (2)

Chad Oberacker (4)Aaron Olita (5)Trey Ondruss (2)Johnny Orr (2)David Ott (4)Brian Owens (1)Daniel Owens (3)Dustin Page (1)David Peters (1)Kevin Peterson (2)Ben Pincus (3)Trice Powers (6)Nick Price (1)Taylor Ralph (5)Richard Rausch (3)Sean Reilly (3)Josh Rider (1)Devin Rivers (1)Kendale Roach (1)Michael Roeder (1)Jamie Ruehling (3)Mike Schmittou (1)Brandon Selvog (1)Matthew Shepherd (1)Tevis Sherfield (1)Harold Smith (1)Matt Smith (4)Ryan Smith (2)Shane Smith (1)Tyler Smith (1)

Steve Soper (2)Brian Sprowl (2)Greg Stallcup (3)Jonathan Stepp (2)Barrett Steakley (1)Kenny Stiles (6)Russell Stoops (2)Adam Sullivan (1)J.C. Swafford (3)Scott Terry (1)William Thomas (1)Jamie Tucker (5)Doug Vincent (1)Jim Ed Warden (3)Ryan Wardlow (4)Todd Watkins (1)Kayce Weakley (3)Ray Wear (1)Evan Webb (2)Jason Weekly (1) Billy Welsh (2)Chris West (4)David West (1)Jody Wheeler (2)Andrew Williams (1)Cory Wright (6)Jason Wright (4)David Wykle (3)Jody Zimmerle (1)Gabe Zook (2)

Academic Honors

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All-AmericaCole Helms, 2002Mark Maberry, 1997Scott Baerns, 1988Mike Winchester, 1975

All-RegionCole Helms, 2002Matt Curtis, 2001Jake Allen, 2001Doug Vincent, 2001Jeremy Bonczynski, 1997Mark Maberry, 1997Scott Baerns, 1988Todd Kemp, 1988Donley Canary, 1976Mike Winchester, 1975

OVC Player of the YearMark Maberry, 1997Todd Kemp, 1988*Dave Pratt, 1966

OVC Pitcherof the YearMark Maberry, 1997

OVC Rookieof the YearCole Helms, 2002

* Southern Division

OVC Coach of the YearDavid Mays, 1997David Mays, 1996David Mays, 1993David Mays, 1988*David Mays, 1986*

1976Terry Smith (C)Donley Canary (OF)Mike Tipton (1B)

1977Ralph Mallicoat (LHP)David Grooms (OF)Mike Tipton (1B)

1980Joe Fisher (LHP)

1981Greg Thomas (3B)

1982Tim Taylor (2B)Joe Fisher (3B)

1983Paul Lane (RF)Howard Aiello (2B)

1984Howard Aiello (2B)

1985Derek Lane (OF)

1986Greg Maysonet (OF/RHP)Derek Lane (OF)Steve Hawkins (SS) Todd Kemp (LHP)

1987Derek Lane (OF)Steve Hawkins (3B)Troy Martin (RF)

1988Todd Kemp (LHP)David Dillon (C) Scott Baerns (2B)Greg Bennett (LF) Troy Martin (RF)Brent Carrier (3B)

1989Brent Carrier (3B)

1990Kevin Caroland (OF)

1992Matt Ballard (C)Kurt Kalen (2B)David Wykle (3B)

1993Mike Kinney (C)Russell Stoops (RHP)

1994Adam Sullivan (OF)Mike Kinney (C)

1995Billy Pride (CF)Brian Dudney (1B)Craig Mullins (SS)Erik Sabel (RHP)

1996Jeremy Bonczynski (LF)Brian Dudney (DHJeff Matukewicz (RF)Craig Mullins (SS)Eric Sabel (RHP)

1997Jeremy Bonczynski (3B)Mike Moore (LHP)Mark Maberry (RHP/DH)Taylor Ralph (SS)Chad Malone (OF)Brian Lee (C)Ryan Browning (OF)

1998Ryan Browning (OF)Neale Adams (C)Matt Attaway (1B)Bobby Morgan (3B)Taylor Ralph (UTIL)Jody Wheeler (OF)

Kevin Peterson (P)

1999Gabe Zook (SS)Michael Meihls (UTIL)

2000Matt Curtis (OF)Ben Cunningham (UTIL)Chad Rogers (OF)

2001Matt Curtis (OF)Ben Cunningham (UTIL)Bubbie Buzachero (SP)Mark Gilliam (DH)

2002Jake Allen (2B)Casey Benjamin (SS)Doug Vincent (RHP)Ben Downs (RHP)Cole Helms (OF/RHP)Ryan Hay (1B)

2003Casey Benjamin (SS)Cole Helms (UTIL)Scott Terry (DH)Ben Downs (RHP)Carlos Martin (OF)Ben Shannon (OF)Ryan Hay (1B)Britt Clubb (C)Dusty Eubanks (RHP)

2004Brandon Selvog (SS)

2007Steve Soper (C) Jake New (OF)Jared Dobbs (P)

2008Matt Mihoci (2B)Jake New (OF)Thomas Nelson (SS)

2009A.J. Kirby-Jones (UTIL)Lee Henry (P)

Tim Taylor

ALL-OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE (SINCE 1976)

Scott Baerns

Tennessee Tech’s OVC Stats Leaders 1981Tim Taylor ................... Steals (41)

1982Mark Fontenot ........... Saves (7)

1983Tim Hill....................... Steals (31)

1985Mike Jones ................. ERA (1.96)

1986Steve Hawkins ............ Triples (4)Todd Kemp ................ Strikeouts (125)

1987Steve Hawkins ............ Home runs (12)Derek Lane ................. Home runs (12)

1988Scott Baerns ............... Batting (.476)Scott Baerns ............... Steals (33)Troy Martin................. Doubles (18)Todd Kemp ................. ERA (2.58)Todd Kemp ................. Strikeouts (13.7)

1989Tim Horn .................... Saves (4)

1994Adam Sullivan ............ Batting (.385)

1997Jeremy Bonczynski ..... Home runs (20)Mark Maberry ............ RBI (74)Chad Malone ............. Run scored (77)Mark Maberry ............ ERA (2.34)Mark Maberry ............ Wins (12)

1998Ryan Browning........... Doubles (0.43)

1999Matt Curtis ................. Doubles (24)Jesse Johnson ............. Triples (5)

2001Ben Cunningham ....... Batting (.388)

2002Doug Vincent...Complete Games (4)

2009A.J. Kirby Jones .......... Home runs (20)A.J. Kirby-Jones .......... Walks (42)

David Mays

Honors and Awards

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A No-hitter was pitched by Tech:March 10, 1999 - by Casey Bough vs. Valparaiso (7 innings) (Tech 4, Valparaiso 0)

A No-hitter was pitched against Tech:March 16, 1997 - by Brad Howard, Middle Tennessee (9 innings) (Middle Tennessee 12, Tech. 0)

A One-hitter was pitched by Tech:May 15, 2009 by Ryan Dennick and A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Southern Miss. (7 innings) (Tech 7, Southern Miss. 1)

A One hitter was pitched against Tech:May 22, 1997 - by Kris Wilson, Georgia Tech, at the NCAA Mideast Re-gional Tournament, Starksville, Mississippi (9 innings) (Georgia Tech 5, Tech 0)

A Two-hitter was pitched by Tech:March 23, 2002 - by Ben Downs vs. Tennessee Martin (7 innings) (Tech 13, UT Martin 0)

A Two-hitter was pitched against Tech:March 29, 2009 vs. Eastern Illinois (9 innings) (EIU 2, Tech 0)

The Tech pitching staff recorded a shutout:April 24, 2009 by Lee Henry vs. UT Martin (7 innings) (Tech 1, UT Martin 0)

Tech was shutout:May 31, 2009 vs. Clemson at the NCAA Regional Tournament, Clemson, South Carolina (9 innings) (Clemson 10, Tech 0)

A Tech pitcher struck out 10 or more batters:May 10, 2009 - Michael Alcorn, 12 strikeouts vs. Jacksonville State (Tech 6, Jacksonville State 4)

A Tech player homered in consecutive at-bats:April 7, 2002 - Ben Shannon homered to lead off the game in the first inning against Austin Peay, and then hit a grand slam in the top of the third inning. (Tech 8, Austin Peay 5)

A Tech Player homered in five or more consecutive games:Matt Ballard hit six home runs in five consecutive games between April 16 and April 21, 1992.

A Tech Player hit a grand slam home run:May 20, 2009 - Ben Burgess vs. Southeast Missouri, OVC Tournament opening round (Tech 9, Southeast Missouri 5)

A Tech player had five or more hits in a game:April 1, 2009 - Casanova Donaldson vs. East Tennessee State (5-for-5) (Tech 15, East Tennessee State 7)

A Tech player batted in six runs or more:March 11, 2009 - A.J. Kirby-Jones had six RBIs against Belmont (Tech 8, Belmont 6)

Tech scored 20 runs or more:May 3, 2001 - Tech beat Tennessee Temple 20-2

Tech had 20 hits or more:March 25, 2008 - Tech had 20 hits against Middle Tennessee State (Tech 15, Middle Tennessee 11)

Tech and an opponent combined for 30 or more hits:March 9, 2009 - vs. Eastern Illinois. Tech had 10 hits and EIU had 20 in the same game. (Eastern Illinois 25, Tech 5)

A Tech opponent scored 20 or more runs:March 29, 2009 vs. Eastern Illinois scored 25 runs on 20 hits (Eastern Illinois 25, Tech 5)

Tech allowed more than 10 runs and won:May 22, 2009 - vs. Jacksonville State in the OVC tournament (10 in-nings) (Tech 13, Jacksonville State 12)

A Tech game went 15 or more innings:February 28, 2009 - vs. The Citadel, the game went 15 innings and is the longest in Tech history. (Tech 7, The Citadel 6)

Tech committed five or more errors:April 5, 2009 - Tech committed eight errors against Morehead State (Morehead State 12, Tech 7)

Tech committed five or more errors and won:March 7, 2000 - Tech committed six errors against Lipscomb, but won 11-10.

A triple play was turned against Tech:April 27, 1997 - Eastern Illinois turned a 4-6-3 triple play against Tech in the seventh inning. A line drive by Tech’s Chad Malone was caught by EIU’s Justin Stone, who started the triple play. (Tech 15, Eastern Illinois 9)

Tech won a game on an offensive strikeout:May 15, 1997 - Jeff Matukewicz struck out for the third out in the bot-tom of the ninth inning against Austin Peay in the OVC Tournament. The ball was a wild pitch and Mark Mayberry scored the winning run. (Tech 5, Austin Peay 4)

Back-to-Back balks were called:May 16, 1997 - Tech pitcher Mike Moore was charged with a balk against consecutive batters to allow Southeast Missouri runners to score in the first inning of the OVC Tournament second-round. (Southeast Missouri 9, Tech 5)

Tech batted around in an inning:May 20, 2009 - 10 batters went to the plate in the fifth inning of the opening round of the OVC Tournament against Southeast Missouri. (Tech 9, Southeast Missouri 5)

A Tech opponent batted around in an inning:May 31, 2009 - Clemson batted around in the fourth inning of a game in the NCAA Regional Tournament. (Clemson 10, Tech 0)

The Last Time it HappenedTennessee Tech Golden Eagle Baseball

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Year Average Runs Hits Doubles Home Runs RBI Stolen Bases2009 Oberacker, .354 A. Henry, 54 Oberacker, 69 Kirby-Jones, 15 Kirby-Jones, 20 Kirby-Jones, 68 Oberacker, 11 Webb, 15 2008 King, .389 Nelson, 60 King, 88 Nelson, 21 Reilly, 7 Kirby-Jones, 51 Nelson,192007 Soper, .373 Sprowl, 48 Soper, 75 Soper, 18 Soper, 10 Soper, 59 Dunham, 72006 New, .319 Sprowl, 38 New, 61 New, 15 Soper, 8 Soper, 33 Dunham, 82005 Selvog, .328 Selvog, 35 Selvog, 66 Selvog, 17 Marty, 12 Marty, 43 Selvog, 8 Marty, 35 Dunham, 82004 Selvog, .339 Selvog, 34 Selvog, 62 Selvog, 18 Druckenmiller, 7 Selvog, 30 Six players, 3 2003 Benjamin, .418 Benjamin, 54 Benjamin, 82 Benjamin, 17 Martin, 10 Martin, 49 Mundt, 7 Shannon, 17 Terry, 10 2002 Allen, .385 Allen, 51 Helms, 80 Helms, 17 Meihls, 10 Hay, 46 Allen, 12 Meihls, 46 2001 Cunningham, ..388 Curtis, 58 Cunningham, 92 Cunningham, 25 Curtis, 10 Gilliam, 59 Curtis, 132000 Curtis, .382 Rogers, 47 Curtis, 65 Curtis, 24 Curtis, 12 Curtis, 49 Rogers, 211999 Zook, .364 Zook, 43 Zook, 71 Zook, 18 Morgan, 9 Meihls, 39 Rogers, 101998 Browning, .408 Morgan, 58 Attaway, 72 Browning, 20 Morgan, 15 Attaway, 58 Malone, 15 Attaway, 15 1997 Malone, .363 Malone, 77 Bonczynski, 84 Malone, 16 Bonczynski, 20 Maberry, 74 Matukewicz, 10 Bonczysnki, 101996 Bonczynski, .385 Bonczynski, 48 Mullins, 72 Mullins, 22 Bonczynski, 12 Bonczynski, 48 Matukewicz, 15 1995 Pride, .345 Burnette, 33 Pride, 59 Pride, 15 Pride, 8 Stoops, 33 Pride, 91994 Sullivan, .385 Sullivan, 32 Sullivan, 65 Sullivan, 15 Kinney, 4 Kinney, 40 Sullivan, 9 Guinn, 4 1993 Kinney, .303 Patterson, 35 Wykle, 49 Wykle, 13 Holt, 5 Holt, 30 Patterson, 91992 Wykle, .327 Ballard, 36 Ballard, 56 Ballard, 14 Ballard, 11 Ballard, 44 Roberts, 81991 Kalen, .315 Ballard, 35 Ballard, 53 Kalen, 18 Ballard, 5 Ballard, 23 Adams, 8 Orr, 23 1990 Caroland, .367 Lavender, 48 Caroland, 65 Caroland, 14 Ballard, 6 Caroland, 48 Caroland, 12 Ballard, 14 1989 Mason, .345 Caroland, 40 Carrier, 51 Carrrier, 10 Ballard, 10 Ballard, 39 Caroland, 151988 Baerns, .476 Baerns, 76 Baerns, 89 Martin, 18 Bennett, 9 Carrier, 60 Baerns, 331987 Martin, .397 Lane, 40 Hawkins, 60 Hawkins, 12 Hawkins, 12 Hawkins, 45 Lane, 16 Martin, 40 Lane, 12 1986 Hawkins, .348 Hawkins, 46 Hawkins, 57 Hawkins, 14 Hawkins, 14 Hawkins, 45 Hawkins, 181985 Way, .362 Lane, 48 Lane, 52 Maysonet, 12 Walls, 12 Walls, 41 Lane, 231984 Stewart, .359 Hill, 46 Hill, 49 Stewart, 12 Larison, 8 Stewart, 44 Hill, 471983 Stewart, .367 Aiello, 33 Hill, 39 Horner, 11 Stewart, 9 Stewart, 38 Hill, 311982 Horner, .375 Taylor, 46 Horner, 54 P. Lane, 9 Horner, 8 Horner, 50 Taylor, 221981 Taylor, .438 Taylor, 50 Taylor, 54 Taylor, 12 Thomas, 7 Thomas, 43 Taylor, 411980 Howell, .406 Schubert, 24 Schubert, 53 Rowden, 10 Parham, 5 Parham, 25 Rowden, 13 Thomas, 24 1979 Turpin, .305 James, 23 Turpin, 29 Howell, 7 Parham, 3 Parham, 24 Schubert, 111978 Grooms, .311 Hoskins, 33 Grooms, 37 Grooms, 7 Tipton, 5 Tipton, 29 Grooms, 161977 Glover, .389 Glover, 36 Glover, 51 Canary, 11 Grooms, 6 Tipton, 36 Grooms, 14 Warren, 141976 Canary, .429 Canary, 34 Tipton, 45 Tipton, 8 Tipton, 3 Tipton, 42 Joiner, 151975 Winchester, .413 Winchester, 48 Winchester, 71 Winchester, 9 Winchester, 4 Tipton, 31 Winchester, 40 Bailey, 9 1974 Canary, .327 Wilson, 36 Winchester, 46 Colllins, 8 Wilson, 9 Wilson, 34 Wilson, 201973 Hall, .396 Midgett, 19 Winchester, 35 Richardson, 8 Richardson, 3 Richardson, 22 Winchester, 10 Midgett, 101972 Richardson, .340 Winchester, 18 Richardson, 36 Strickland, 10 Brown, 2 Strickland, 18 Richardson, 61971 Maclin, .351 Maclin, 44 Maclin, 47 Three w/ 6 Two w/ 4 Gentry, 29 Irby, 171970 Maclin, .394 Irby, 39 Maclin, 43 Maclin, 8 Irby, 5 Wesche, 30 Irby, 211969 Reasonover, .368 Smith, 20 Reasonover, 35 Two w/ 5 Field, 3 Turner, 17 Smith, 101968 Smith, .400 Smith, 20 Smith, 28 Turner, 6 Three w/ 3 Field, 17 Smith, 131967 Dickey, .381 Dickey, 27 Dickey, 48 Dickey, 7 Dickey, 6 Dickey, 15 Koslick, 131966 Rader, .386 Muniz, 13 Waley, 19 Waley, 5 Whaley, 3 Whaley, 15 Waley, 7 Whaley, 13 1965 Barr, .397 Little, 12 Wilbourn, 17 Woodall, 9

Did You Know...Since 1975, Tech hitters have blasted 33 grand slams: 1. Mike Winchester vs. Trevecca College, 4/23/75 2. Jim Wilhoite vs. David Lipscomb University, 4/29/75 3. David Grooms vs. Tennessee State, 3/19/77 4. Jim Wilhoite vs. Eastern Kentucky, 3/26/77 5. Mike Tipton vs. Eastern Kentucky, 4/9/77 6. David Wilkinson vs. Murray State, 4/24/80 7. Greg Thomas vs. Lincoln Memorial, 4/12/81 8. Herb Horner vs. Milliken, 4/7/82 9. Scott Walls vs. East Tennessee, 3/27/8310. Derek Lane vs. Trevecca College, 3/1/8611. Steve Hawkins vs. Marietta College, 3/15/86

12. Layton Way vs. Otterbein, 3/21/8613. Scott Baerns vs. North Alabama, 4/5/8814. David Dillon vs. Carson-Newman, 4/21/8815. Matt Ballard vs. University of Tennessee, 3/28/8916. Matt Ballard vs. Cumberland College, 4/9/8917. Bo Spears vs. College of Charleston, 3/13/9018. Matt Ballard vs. Western Kentucky, 4/12/9019. Matt Ballard vs. Tennessee Wesleyan, 3/28/9120. Kurt Kalen vs. Austin Peay, 4/27/9121. Matt Ballard vs. Morehead State, 4/18/9222. Mike Hurst vs. Carson-Newman, 4/27/95

23. Brian Dudney vs. Appalachian State, 4/3/9624. Brad Kleeman vs. Morehead State, 4/2/9925. Tony Suber vs. Akron, 2/4/0226. Ben Shannon vs. Austin Peay, 4/7/0227. Corey Kemp vs. Morehead State, 4/3/0528. Jake New vs. King College, 3/3/0829. Chad Oberacker vs. Alabama A&M, 4/20/0830. A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. St. Peters, 2/21/0931. A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Belmont, 3/11/0932. A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Covenant, 4/11/0933. Ben Burgess vs. SE Missouri St., 5/20/09

Batting Leaders since 1965

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Year Victories ERA Innings Strikeouts2009 L. Henry, 9 L. Henry, 3.43 L. Henry, 78.2 L. Henry, 802008 Alcorn,7 Kirby-Jones,2.92 Alcorn,77.2 Edwards,692007 Dobbs, 5 Dobbs, 4.18 Smith, 78.0 Smith, 63 Edwards, 5 Smith, 5 2006 Smith, 4 Cole, 3.68 Fields, 66.1 Fields, 442005 Alcorn, 3 Alcorn, 3.99 Ashman, 71.1 Ashman, 412004 Ashman, 7 Ashman, 5.06 Hughes, 61.2 Hughes, 66 2003 Downs, 9 Helms, 2.05 Downs, 92.1 Downs, 812002 Vincent, 12 Vincent, 3.40 Downs, 82.2 Downs, 782001 Long, 7 Buzachero, 3.30 Long, 97.1 Long, 972000 Long, 5 Grigsby, 2.73 Bough, 74.1 Bough, 701999 Bough, 7 Bough, 4.27 Bough, 77 Fellers, 63 Bough, 631998 Peterson, 6 Olita, 3.68 Fellers, 68 Fellers, 631997 Maberry, 12 Maberry, 2.34 Maberry, 104.0 Maberry, 1081996 Sabel, 7 Hedrick, 3.90 Sabel, 93.2 Hedrick, 721995 Sabel, 6 Hedrick, 3.65 Sabel, 93.1 Sabel, 751994 Hunley, 3 Vogt, 4.01 Vogt, 67.1 Vogt, 43 Vogt, 3 1993 Stoops, 6 Stoops, 3.03 West, 76.0 West, 541992 Humberd, 4 Humberd, 3.68 Humberd, 85.2 Humberd, 57 Stoops, 4 Gilliam, 4 1991 Hunley, 4 Hunley, 4.14 West, 80.2 West, 741990 Stallcup, 6 Stallcup, 3.38 Stallcup, 85.0 Caroland, 651989 Horn, 4 Horn, 3.68 Stallcup, 65 Stallcup, 401988 Claudio, 9 Kemp, 2.58 Kemp, 87 Kemp, 132 Kemp, 9 1987 Claudio, 5 Claudio, 3.59 Claudio, 62.2 Kemp, 74 Stallcup, 5 Kalen, 5 1986 Kalen, 5 Kemp, 2.98 Kemp, 90.2 Kemp, 133 Kemp, 5 Maysonet, 5 1985 Kemp, 5 Jones, 1.96 Kalen, 61.1 Kemp, 691984 Schoenrock, 6 Ridge, 4.39 Kalen, 51.1 Kalen, 311983 Fontenot, 4 Fontenot, 3.49 Fontenot, 46.1 Walker, 28 Behrend, 4 1982 Fisher, 8 Walker, 3.28 Fisher, 74 Fisher, 581981 Callis, 7 Callis, 3.14 Zenner, 74.2 Zenner, 511980 Three w/ 3 Watson, 2.18 Fisher, 47.1 Fisher, 351979 Gordon, 3 Gordon, 6.88 Evins, 59.3 Evins, 421978 Gordon, 3 Gordon, 5.50 Gordon, 51.2 Mallicoat, 39 Mallicoat, 3 1977 Mallicoat, 6 Eble, 4.48 Mallicoat, 74 Mallicoat, 481976 Grimes, 6 Eble, 3.88 Eble, 68.1 Grimes, 401975 Moore, 5 Griffin, 2.22 Moore, 79.2 Moore, 531974 Moore, 9 Sullivan, 2.49 Moore, 69 Sullivan, 531973 Sullivan, 5 Ayer, 1.44 Sullivan, 72 Sullivan, 681972 Sullivan, 6 Sullivan, 1.94 N/A N/A1971 Bosse, 6 Price, 1.63 Bosse, 65.2 Bosse, 691970 Bishop, 6 Denham, 2.19 Powell, 49 Huffines, 35 Noffsinger, 351969 Malcolm, 6 Dickerson, 1.73 Malcolm, 54.1 Malcolm, 741968 Huffines, 3 Huffines, 1.03 Dickerson, 34.3 Dickerson, 31 Powell, 3 1967 Dickerson, 8 Dickerson, 1.45 Dickerson, 62 Dickerson, 661966 Pratt, 6 Pratt, 1.52 Pratt, 53.1 Pratt, 52

Did You Know...Since 1975, Tennessee Tech pitchers have recorded six no-hit games, five one-hitters and 34 two-hitters. In addition to the no-hitters listed below, Kevin Kalen also pitched a no-hitter against Edinborough College. Tech won 23-0 in a game called after three innings, so Kalen’s third “gem” is not listed with the official no-hitters below.

NO-HITTERS - Six timesGarrett Gordon vs. Wisconsin, 3/17/79 (7 innings)Joe Kelly vs. Lincoln Memorial, 4/28/85 (7 innings)Kevin Kalen vs. Cumberland University, 2/28/86 (7 innings)Kevin Kalen vs. West Florida, 3/20/87 (6 innings)Craig Humberd vs. Tennessee State, 3/28/92 (7 innings) Casey Bough vs. Valparaiso, 3/10/99 (7 innings)

ONE-HITTERS - Five timesRalph Mallicoat vs. Milligan College, 4/21/75David Wilkinson vs. Tennessee State, 3/29/79 (7 innings)David Ridge vs. Austin Peay, 4/16/83 (7 innings)Jeff Stallcup vs. Tennessee State, 4/28/90 (7 innings) Ryan Dennick and A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Southern Miss, 5/15/09 (7 Innings)

TWO-HITTERS — 38 times

Eric Sabel

Ben Downs

Derek Hunley

Pitching Leaders since 1966

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BATTING LEADERS

Career Records

Batting AverageMinimum 200 at bats 1) Jim Whaley .3912) Chris King .3893) Ben Cunningham .388 4) Tim Taylor .383 5) Brent Carrier .381 6) Ryan Browning .376 7) Jeremy Bonczynski .369 8) Greg Stewart .363 9) Troy Martin .36110) Casey Benjamin .359

Games Played1) Mike Meihls 216 2) Jesse Johnson 208 3) Chad Malone 204 4) Matt Ballard 198 Russ Stoops 198 6) Mark Maberry 190 7) Johnny Orr 189 8) Bobby Roberts 188 9) Scott Baerns 184 10) Steve Hawkins 182

Times At Bat1) Mike Meihls 724 2) Chad Malone 667 3) Jesse Johnson 658 4) Matt Ballard 6525) Jake New 620 6) Casey Benjamin 591 7) Mike Winchester 559 8)Taylor Ralph 5539) Derek Lane 54810) Scott Baerns 545

Runs Scored1) Chad Malone 1832) Scott Baerns 1613) Jesse Johnson 1484) Derek Lane 144 5) Casey Benjamin 1436) Kevin Caroland 1417)Mike Meihls 1318) Matt Ballard 1299) Jake New 11610) Donley Canary 113

Hits1) Chad Malone 213 2) Casey Benjamin 2093) Mike Meihls 2044) Jake New 2045) Matt Ballard 1996) Jesse Johnson 1937) Scott Baerns 1898) Russ Stoops 1889) Mike Winchester 18510) Johnny Orr 180

Total Bases1) Matt Ballard 3462) Mike Meihls 3273) Steve Hawkins 316 4) Casey Benjamin 3045) Chad Malone 3016) Jake New 2967) Mark Maberry 2948) Jeremy Bonczynski 2869) Bobby Morgan 28110) Scott Baerns 275

Slugging Pct. Minimum 150 at bats1) Jeremy Bonczyski .6862) Greg Stewart .6593) Matt Curtis .6474) Jim Whaley .6185) A. J. Kirby-Jones .5956) Greg Bennett .589 Troy Martin .5898) Steve Hawkins .5809) Ben Cunningham .57410) Billy Pride .573

Doubles1) Mike Meihls 542) Matt Ballard 47 Matt Curtis 47 4) Casey Benjamin 445) Jake New 416) Taylor Ralph 40 Chad Malone 408) Mark Gilliam 38 Mike Meihls 3810) Kevin Caroland 37

Triples 1) Bill Maclin 162) Jesse Johnson 113) Mike Tipton 104) Scott Baerns 9 Jake New 96) Barney Dickey 7 Rick Schubert 78) Taylor Ralph 6 Larry Smith 6 Steve Hawkins 6 Casey Benjamin 6 Josh Goodwin 6 Thomas Nelson 6 Scott Dunham 6

Home Runs1) Jeremy Bonczynski 32 Matt Ballard 32 Steve Hawkins 324) Bobby Morgan 28 Mark Maberry 286) A.J. Kirby-Jones 257) Matt Altaway 248) Matt Curtis 229) Scott Walls 21 Derek Lane 21 Mike Meihls 21

Runs Batted In1) Mark Maberry 1532) Matt Ballard 1493) Mike Meihls 1484) Mike Tipton 1385) Steve Hawkins 1326) A.J. Kirby-Jones 1197) Bobby Morgan 1168) Jeremy Bonczynski 112 Derek Lane 11210) Casey Benjamin 110

Toughest to K Minimum 150 at bats/Numbers indicate at bats per strikeout1) Jeff Lavender 26.52) Tim Taylor 25.93) Greg Thomas 24.84) Brent Carrier 22.15) Mike Winchester 18.66) Scott Hampton 16.37) Lowell Joiner 14.2 Mike Lewis 14.29) Chris Pickett 12.710) Michael Roeder 11.6 Stolen Bases 1) Tim Hill 78 Derek Lane 783) Mike Winchester 734) Tim Taylor 635) Scott Baerns 596) Kevin Caroland 577) Morris Irby 408) Lowell Joiner 38 Harold Smith 3810) Howard Aiello 36 Bill Maclin 36 Walks 1) Donley Canary 1342) Chad Malone 1043) Derek Lane 974) Matt Ballard 96 Casey Benjamin 966) Kurt Kalen 907) Kevin Caroland 858) Scott Baerns 849) Jesse Johnson 8210) Tim Taylor 79

(Left) Life in the fast lane: Derek Lane is tied with 1984 teammate Tim Hill for the record of most stolen bases in a career with 78.

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Appearances1) Matt Kearney 782) David Grigsby 70 Doug Vincent 70 4) Mike Jones 675) Justin Fields 666) Matt Chodak 657) Craig Humberd 618) Meachum Evins 599) Todd Kemp 5610) Chris West 55

Starts1) Craig Humberd 482) Todd Kemp 453) Kevin Kalen 414) Mike Claudio 395) Jeff Stallcup 386) Derek Hunley 357) Chris West 34 Joe Fisher 34 Ralph Mallicoat 3410) Erik Sabel 33

Complete Games1) Todd Kemp 212) Erik Sabel 203) Craig Humberd 194) Jeff Stallcup 15 Joe Fisher 156) Derek Hunley 147) Kevin Kalen 13 Keith Hedrick 139) Chris West 12 Ron Dickerson 12

Innings Pitched1) Craig Humberd 304.02) Todd Kemp 296.03) Erik Sabel 246.2 Jeff Stallcup 246.25) Mike Claudio 238.16) Kevin Kalen 234.07) Joe Fisher 228.08) Ralph Mallicoat 227.19) Chris West 220.010) Jake Edwards 215.1

Lowest ERA Minimum 50 innings pitched1) Jerry Heard 60.1 1.792) Doris Sullivan 187.0 2.113) Randy Ayer 111.0 2.514) Dave Pratt 159.1 2.435) David Bosse 124.2 2.606) Ron Dickerson 138.2 2.667) Rob Malcolm 88.0 2.868) Frank Cardwell 155.0 2.909) Don Gorin 83.1 3.13 Rick Griffin 112.0 3.13

Strikeouts1) Todd Kemp 4082) Craig Humberd 2153) Dave Pratt 2104) Chris West 1875) Erik Sabel 1796) Jake Edwards 178 7) Doug Vincent 1778) Bubbie Buzachero 1759) Doris Sullivan 16910) Joe Fisher 166

Most Strikeouts per 9 innings Minimum 50 strikeouts1) Todd Kemp 12.402) Rab Malcolm 10.633) David Quay 10.094) Mike Moore 9.605) David Bosse 9.246) Ron Dickerson 9.167) Dave Pratt 9.048) Jim Ed Warden 8.979) A.J. Kirby-Jones 8.6910) Joe Pavlik 8.68

Highest K/Walk Ratio1) Doris Sullivan 3.382) David Bosse 2.983) Doug Vincent 2.654) Kevin Peterson 2.645) Matt Smith 2.586) Mark Maberry 2.417) Michael Alcorn 2.388) Donnie Long 2.379) Ron Dickerson 2.3110) Erik Sabel 2.18

Most Innings per HR allowed Since 19821) Michael Alcorn 19.032) Steve Haggard 19.003) Brantley Kilgore 17.004) Darryl Shockley 16.435) Keith Hedrick 15.436) Zac Cole 15.007) Matt Smith 14.788) Rodney Przbylinski 14.109) Michael Behrend 13.8710) Matt Frey 13.75

Most HR allowed Since 19821) Craig Humberd 312) Don Maness 303) Kevin Kalen 294) Derek Hunley 265) Mike Claudio 25 Chris West 25 Jeff Stallcup 25 Justin Fields 25

PITCHING LEADERS

Ralph Mallicoat

Mike Claudio

Mark Maberry

Michael Alcorn

Career Records

W-L Pct./Career Minimum 10 decisions1) Danny Huffines 11-0 1.0002) Buck Jones 10-1 .9093) Dean Nichols 11-2 .846 Mike Moore 11-2 .8465) Don Cook 9-2 .8186) Doug Vincent 12-3 .800 Ryan Dennick 8-2 .8008) Lee Henry 9-3 .7509) Mark Maberry 14-5 .73610) Ron Dickerson 13-5 .722

Victories1) Todd Kemp 22 Dave Pratt 223) Mike Claudio 204) Kevin Kalen 185) Jeff Stallcup 17 Joe Fisher 177) Ben Downs 15 Craig Humberd 15 Ralph Mallicoat 15 Mike Moore 15

Saves1) Mike Jones 122) Mark Fontenat 93) Tim Horn 6 Ryan Dennick 65) A.J. Kirby-Jones 5 Mark Maberry 5 Phil Dane 5 Meachum Evins 5 Joe Fisher 5 Todd Kemp 5

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Triples 1) Bill Maclin (1971) 102) Jesse Johnson (2000) 5 Aaron Leber (1999) 5 Larry Smith (1968) 5 Bill Maclin (1970) 5 Mike Tipton (1975) 5 Rick Schubert (1980) 58) Chad Oberacker (2009) 4 Earl Allen (1964) 4 Barney Dickey (1967) 4 Morris Irby (1970) 4 Tim Taylor (1981) 4 Scott Baerns (1985) 4 Steve Hawkins (1986) 4 Jake Allen (2001) 4 Ben Shannon (2003) 4 Jake New (2007, 2008) 4 Thomas Nelson (2008) 4 Chris King (2008) 4 Alex Henry (2008) 4

Walks 1) Chad Malone (1997) 512) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) 42 Howard Aiello (1984) 424) Tim Taylor (1981) 405) Donley Canary (1974) 39 Tim Taylor (1982) 397) Troy Martin (1988) 38 Jeff Lavender (1990) 389) Donley Canary (1975) 36 Derek Lane (1985) 36

BATTING

Matt Attaway

Greg Stewart

Ray Wear

Ben Cunningham

Season Records

High Average Minimum 80 at bats 1) Scott Baerns (1988) .4762) Tim Taylor (1981) .4383) Donley Canary (1976) .4294) Casey Benjamin (2003) .4185) Brent Carrier (1988) .4146) Mike Winchester (1975) .4137) Ryan Browning (1998) .4088) Troy Martin (1987) .3979) Bill Maclin (1970) .39410) Chris King (2008) .390

Times At Bat1) Ben Cunningham (2001) 2372) Jeremy Boncynski (1997) 235 Travis Adams (1997) 2354) Jesse Johnson (2001) 2315) Matt Curtis (2001) 227 Mark Gilliam (2001) 2277) Cole Helms (2002) 2268) Mark Maberry (1997) 221 Cole Helms (2003) 221 Jake New (2008) 221

Runs Scored1) Chad Malone (1997) 772) Scott Baerns (1998) 763) Jeremy Bonczynski (1997) 604) Troy Martin (1988) 59 Thomas Nelson (2008) 596) Bobby Morgan (1998) 58 Matt Curtis (2001) 588) Chad Malone (1998) 579) Jake New (2008) 5510) Casey Benjamin (2003) 54 Alex Henry (2009) 54

Hits1) Ben Cunningham (2001) 922) Scott Baerns (1988) 893) Chris King (2008) 884) Jeremy Bonczynski (1997) 845) Casey Benjamin (2003) 826) Cole Helms (2002) 807) Chad Malone (1997) 788) Matt Curtis (2001) 77 Jake New (2008) 7710) Mark Maberry (1997) 76 Travis Adams (1997) 76

Total Bases1) Jeremy Bonczyski (1997) 1612) Mark Maberry (1997) 1433) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) 1394) Matt Attaway (1998) 1375) Ben Cunningham (2001) 1366) Scott Baerns (1998) 132 Matt Curtis (2001) 1328) Casey Benjamin (2003) 1289) Jeremy Bonczynski (1996) 125 Matt Curtis (2000) 125 Steve Soper (2007) 125

Slugging Pct. Minimum 60 at bats1) Greg Stewart (1983) .7552) Steve Hawkins (1986) .7383) Matt Curtis (2000) .7354) Jim Whaley (1963) .7305) Matt Attaway (1998) .7176) Larry Smith (1968) .7147) Derek Lane (1987) .7078) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) .706 Scott Baerns (1988) .70610) Jeremy Bonczynski (1996) .687

Doubles1) Ben Cunningham (2001) 252) Matt Curtis (2000) 243) Matt Curtis (2001) 234) Craig Mullins (1996) 22 Mark Gilliam (2001) 226) Thomas Nelson (2008) 217) Ryan Browning (1998) 208) Gabe Zook (1999) 18 Troy Martin (1988) 18 Kurt Kalen (1991) 18 Matt Attaway (1998) 18 Brandon Selvog (2004) 18 Steve Soper (2007) 18

Home Runs1) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) 20 Jeremy Bonczynski (1997) 203) Mark Maberry (1997) 174) Matt Attaway 155) Steve Hawkins (1986) 146) Matt Curtis (2000) 12 Jeremy Bonczynski (1996) 12 Scott Walls (1985) 12 Steve Hawkins (1987) 12 Derek Lane (1987) 12

Runs Batted In1) Mark Maberry (1997) 742) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) 683) Jeremy Bonczynski (1997) 644) Brent Carrier (1998) 605) Mark Gilliam (2001) 59 Steve Soper (2007) 597) Matt Attaway (1994) 588) Bobby Morgan (1997) 579) Troy Martin (1988) 5510) Greg Bennett (1988) 54

Toughest to KMinimum 75 at bats (at bats/stikeout)1) Scott Hampton (1990) 50.42) Jeff Lavender (1989) 33.53) Greg Thomas (1981) 33.04) Tim Taylor (1981) 30.65) Brent Carrier (1988) 30.26) Donley Canary (1977) 27.27) Scott Wiles (1969) 25.4 Jerry Blevins (1964) 25.49) Mike Winchester (1975) 24.510) Jeff Lavender (1988) 22.5

Stolen Bases 1) Tim Hill (1984) 472) Tim Taylor (1981) 413) Mike Winchester (1975) 404) Scott Baerns (1988) 355) Tim Hill (1983) 316) Lowell Joiner (1975) 23 Howard Aiello (1984) 23 Derek Lane (1984) 239) Tim Taylor (1982) 2210) Chad Rogers (2000) 21 Morris Irby (1970) 21 Derek Lane (1984) 21 Kevin Caroland (1988) 21

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Most HR allowed(Since 1982)1) Joe Fellers (1999) 20 2) Aaron Olita (1999) 14 Chris West (1991) 14 Cole Helms (2002) 14 5) Erik Sabel (1994) 13 6) Clint Holloway (1998) 12 Donnie Long (2001) 12 Doug Vincent (2002) 12 Dusty Eubanks (2002) 12 10) Craig Humberd (1993) 11 Don Maness (1989) 11 Jeff Stallcup (1989) 11 Ben Downs (2002) 11Strikeouts

1) Todd Kemp (1986) 133 2) Todd Kemp (1988) 132 3) Mark Maberry (1997) 108 4) Donnie Long (2001) 97 5) Bubbie Buzachero (2001) 81 Ben Downs (2003) 817) Lee Henry (2009) 80 8) Mike Moore (1997) 79 Jim Ed Warden (2001) 79 10) Ben Downs (2002) 78

Most Strikeouts per 9 innings (Minimum 30 innings pitched)1) Todd Kemp (1988) 13.65 2) Todd Kemp (1986) 13.21 3) Rab Malcolm (1969) 12.26 4) Todd Kemp (1987) 11.29 5) Todd Kemp (1985) 10.35 6) Mike Moore (1997) 9.60 7) Ron Dickerson (1967) 9.588) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) 9.55 8) Ron Dickerson (1969) 9.52 9) David Bosse (1971) 9.47

Highest K/Walk Ratio(Minimum 30 innings pitched)1) Matt Kearney (2008) 5.002) Doris Sullivan (1972) 4.00 Doris Sullivan (1973) 4.00 4) Ron Dickerson (1967) 3.88 5) Todd Kemp (1988) 3.77 6) Dusty Eubanks (2003) 3.69 7) David Bosse (1971) 3.45 8) Mark Maberry (1997) 3.08 9) Ben Downs (2003) 3.0010) Michael Alcorn (2008) 2.76

Most Innings per HR allowed (Since 1982/Minimum 30 innings)1) Matt Smith (2007) 78.02) Dusty Eubanks (2003) 75.2 3) Jim Brown (1992) 45.2 4) Craig Humberd (1992) 42.85) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2008) 40.0 6) Matt Chodak (1994) 39.3 7) Chris West (1993) 38.08) Adam Liberatore (2008) 37.1 9) Keith Hedsdrick (1995) 33.1 10) Lynus Martin (1996) 33.0

W-L Pct. (Minimum five wins) 1) Buck Jones 1.000 (8-0 in 1955) Charles Kinnamon 1.000 (5-0 in 1948) Danny Huffines 1.000 (5-0 in 1970) Jeff Stallcup 1.000 (5-0 in 1987) 5) Mike Moore .889 (8-1 in 1997) Dave Pratt .889 (8-1 in 1964) Ron Dickerson .889 (8-1 in 1967) 8) Dean Nichols .875 (7-1 in 1955) Don Gorin .875 (7-1 in 1961) 10) Mark Maberry .857 (12-2 in 1997) Don Cook .857 (6-1 in 1949) Doris Sullivan .857 (6-1 in 1972) Elmer Grimer .857 (6-1 in 1976)

Victories1) Mark Maberry (1997) 12 2) Doug Vincent (2002) 103) Lee Henry (2009) 9 Mike Moore (1974) 9 Todd Kemp (1988) 9 Mike Cladio (1988) 9 Ben Downs (2003) 9 7) Mike Moore (1997) 8 Buck Jones (1955) 8 Dave Pratt (1964) 8 Ron Dickerson (1967) 8 Joe Fisher (1982) 8

Saves1) Mark Fontenot (1982) 7 2) Mike Jones (1985) 5 3) Ralph Mallicoat (1976) 4 Tim Horn (1989) 4 Chad Heminover (1998) 4 Ryan Dennick (2008) 4 7) A.J. Kirby-Jones 3 Clint Holloway (1997) 3 Rick Griffin (1975) 3 Hugh Travis (1975) 3 Don Grimes (1976) 3 Joe Fisher (1980) 3 Meachum Evins (1981) 3 Mike Jones (1984) 3 Mike Jones (1986) 3 Mark Maberry (1995) 3 Cole Helms (2003) 3

Appearances1) Doug Vincent (2001) 24 2) David Grigsby (2001) 23 David Jackson (2003) 23 4) Mike Macchiaverna (1999) 22 Mike Jones (1985) 22 Bubbie Buzachero (2001) 22 Mike Fessler (2001) 22 Doug Vincent (2002) 22 Dusty Eubanks (2002) 22 10) Lee Henry (2009) 21 Ryan Dennick (2009) 21 Matt Frey (1997) 21 Donnie Long (2001) 21 Matt Kearney (2008) 21

Starts1) Matt Frey (1997) 15 Donnie Long (2001) 15 3) Mark Maberry (1997) 14 Todd Kemp (1986) 14 Craig Humberd (1991) 14 Donnie Long (2001) 14 Ben Downs (2002) 14 8) Erik Sabel (1995) 13 Erik Sabel (1996) 13 Keith Hedrick (1996) 13 Jim Ed Warden (2001) 13 Matt Smith (2007) 13 Michael Alcorn (2008) 13

Complete Games1) Mark Maberry (1997) 10 2) Erik Sabel (1995) 9 3) Erik Sabel (1996) 8 Todd Kemp (1988) 8 Joe Fisher (1982) 8 Craig Humberd (1992) 8 Dave Pratt (1974) 8 8) Keith Hedrick (1996) 7 Todd Kemp (1986) 7 Jeff Stallcup (1990) 7 Kevin Caroland (1990) 7 Chris West (1993) 7

Innings Pitched1) Mark Maberry (1997) 104.0 2) Donnie Long (2001) 97.1 3) Matt Frey (1997) 96.24) Erik Sabel (1996) 93.2 5) Erik Sabel (1995) 93.1 6) Ben Downs (2003) 92.1 7) Todd Kemp (1988) 90.2 8) Donnie Long (2001) 90.1 9) Keith Hendrick (1996) 87.2 10) Todd Kemp (1988) 87.0

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Bubbie Buzachero

Season Records

Lowest ERA (Minimum 30 innings pitched)1) Danny Huffines (1968) 1.03 2) Ron Dickerson (1967) 1.31 3) Randy Ayer (1973) 1.44 4) Dave Pratt (1966) 1.52 5) Tom Price (1971) 1.63 6) Ron Dickerson (1967) 1.73 7) Morris Irby (1969) 1.74 8) Jerrry Heard (1964) 1.79 9) Doris Sullivan (1973) 1.89 10) Jerry Gregg (1967) 1.90

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Most Runs 34 (vs. Cumberland, 1949) 26 (vs. Tennessee State, 1988) Most Runs, Both Teams 39 (Tech 21, Trevecca 18, 1988) 39 (Tech 28, Austin Peay 11, 1951) Widest Margin of Victory 31 (Tech 34, Cumberland 3, 1949) 24 (Tech 26, Tenn. State 2, 1988) Most Hits 24 (vs. Carson-Newman, 4/20/89) 24 (vs. Western Carolina, 3/24/04) Most Doubles 9 (vs. Trevecca, 1982) 9 (vs. Georgia State, 4/18/01) Most Triples 3 (vs. Eastern Ky., 1968) 3 (vs. Austin Peay, 1970) Most Home Runs 7 (vs. Carson-Newman, 1989) Most Home Runs, Both Teams 10 (Tech 5, East Tennessee 5, 1983) Most Stolen Bases 11 (vs. Fisk, 1974)

Most Runs Allowed 27 (vs. Trevecca, 1982)Most Hits Allowed 25 (vs. Trevecca, 1982)Most Strikeouts 19 (vs. Tennessee State, 1988)Most Walks 15 (vs. Middle Tennessee, 3/30/05) 15 (at Kentucky, 5/18/05)Most Home Runs Allowed 7 (vs. Morehead State, 1979)Widest Margin of Defeat 25 (vs. Carson-Newman (26-1), 1989)Most Runners Picked Off 3 (vs. Southeast Missouri (11-15), 2000)Most Wild Pitches 6 (vs. Jacksonville, 2000) 6 (vs. Murray State, 2005)Most Hit Batters 5 (vs. Western Kentucky, 2000) 5 (vs. Southeast Missouri, 2002)

Lowest Earned Run Avg. 2.54 (1967)Highest Earned Run Avg. 7.99 (2005)Most Saves 14 (1976)Fewest Saves 0 (1992)Most Complete Games 23 (three)Most Innings Pitched 509.0 (1997)Fewest Innings Pitched 96.2 (1962)Most Hits Allowed 639 (2005)Most Runs Allowed 478 (1999)Most Earned Runs Allowed 397 (2005)Most Home Runs Allowed 83 (1999)Most Walks Issued 275 (2005)Fewest Walks Issued 73 (1961)Most Strikeouts 439 (1997)Fewest Strikeouts 50 (1962)Most Hit Batters 83 (2006)Fewest Hit Batters 4 (1973)Most Wild Pitches 78 (2007)Fewest Wild Pitches 6 (1983)Most Pickoffs 26 (2000)

Highest Fielding Pct. .969 (2008)Lowest Fielding Pct. .913 (63, 72)Most Fielding Chances 2240 (1997)Most Putouts 1527 (1997)Most Assists 613 (1996)Most Errors 109 (1986)Most Double Plays 54 (1991)

Most Games 63 (2001)Fewest Games 13 (1950)Most Games Won 39 (1997)Fewest Games Won 3 (1962)Most Games Lost 42 (2005)Fewest Games Lost 2 (1955)Most Consecutive Wins 9 (88, 96)Most Consecutive Losses 15 (1979)Highest Winning Pct. .895 (1955)Lowest Winning Pct. .135 (1979)Most One-Run Games 18 (1990)Most One-Run Victories 9 (84, 90)Most Shutout Victories 6 (1969)Most Shutout Losses 8 (1991)Most Shutouts, Both Teams 12 (1991)

Highest Batting Average .337 (1998)Lowest Batting Average .222 (1979)Most At Bats 2081 (1997)Fewest At Bats 410 (1962)Most Runs 454 (1997)Fewest Runs 44 (1962)Most Hits 674 (1997)Fewest Hits 101 (1962)Most Extra-Base Hits 223 (1998)Fewest Extra-Base Hits 16 (1962)Most Total Bases 1067 (1997)Fewest Total Bases 127 (1962)Highest Slugging Pct. .546 (1998)Lowest Slugging Pct. .300 (1972)Most Singles 457 (1997)Fewest Singles 85 (1962)Most Doubles 143 (1998)Fewest Doubles 7 (1962)Most Triples 19 (1981)Fewest Triples 1 (1973)Most Home Runs 83 (1997)Fewest Home Runs 1 (61, 62)Most Runs Batted In 403 (1997)Fewest Runs Batted In 61 (1962)Most Walks 291 (1963)Fewest Walks 64 (1962)Most Strikeouts 378 (1997)Fewest Strikeouts 62 (1962)Most Times Hit By Pitch 55 (2000)Fewest Times Hit By Pitch 5 (1968)Most Stolen Bases 123 (1974)Fewest Stolen Bases 1 (1962)Highest Stolen Base Pct. .925 (1979)Lowest Stolen Base Pct. .583 (2002)

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Doug Vincent holds the school record for most pitching appearances in a season by showing up in 24 games in the 2001 season.

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Highest Batting Average .527 by Ryan Shumate, 1961 Most Games Played 63 by Wes Dunn, 2001 63 by Mark Gilliam, 2001 Most At Bats 237 by Ben Cunningham, 2001 Most Extra Base Hits 77 by Chad Malone, 2000 Most Doubles 25 by Ben Cunningham, 2001Most Triples 10 by Bill Maclin, 1971Most Home Runs 20 by A.J. Kirby-Jones, 2009 20 by Jeremy Bonczynski, 1997Most Runs Batted In 74 by Mark Maberry, 1997Most Stolen Bases 47 by Tim Hill, 1984Most Walks 51 by Chad Malone, 1997Most Strikeouts 63 by Matt Curtis, 2001Fewest Strikeouts (minimum 75 at bats) 3 by Emerson Wiles, 1969Most Sacrifices 13 by Craig Mullins, 1996Most Times Hit by Pitch 19 by Jesse Johnson, 2001Toughest to Strikeout 50.4 by Scott Hampton, 1990 (one K per 50.4 times at bat)

Ben Shannon tied a school record by going the entire 2002 season without an error.

Bill Maclin holds the school record for most triples in a season, hitting 10 in 1971.

Individual/SeasonLowest ERA 1.28 by Dave Pratt, 1964Most Games 24 by Doug Vincent, 2001Most Games Started 15 by Matt Frey, 1997 15 by Donnie Long, 2001Most Complete Games 10 by Mark Maberry, 1997Most Wins 12 by Mark Maberry, 1997Most Losses 9 by Craig Humberd, 1991 9 by Justin Fields, 2005Most Saves 7 by Mark Fontenot, 1984Most Innings Pitched 104.0 by Mark Maberry, 1997Most Hits Allowed 119 by Matt Frey, 1997Most Home Runs Allowed 20 by Joe Fellers, 1999Most Strikeouts 133 by Todd Kemp, 1986Most Pickoffs 18 by Mike Fessler, 2001Most Wild Pitches 16 by Jim Ed Warden, 2001 16 by Blake Forst, 2007Most Hit Batters 18 by Justin Fields, 2006

Most Chances 484 by Ben Cunningham, 2001Most Putouts 458 by Ben Cunningham, 2001Most Assists 178 by Craig Mullins, 1996 165 by Craig Mullins, 1995Most Errors 26 by Taylor Ralph, 1997 26 by Mark Gilliam, 2000Fewest Errors (min. 100 chances) 0 by Ron Shumate, 1961 0 by Ben Shannon, 2002 0 by Scott Dunham, 2006

Individual/Game

Most At Bats 8 by Alex Henry/Ben Burgess vs. The Citadel, Feb. 28, 2009Most Runs Scored 6 by Chad Rogers vs. Appy State, 2000Most Hits 5 by 14 players * Last by Casanova Donaldson (5-for-5) vs. East Tennessee State, 4/1/09Most Runs Batted In 7 by Scott Baerns vs. No. Alabama, 1988 7 by Matt Ballard vs. Tennessee, 1988 7 by Carlos Martin vs. Morehead, 2003 6 by A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Belmont, 3/11/09 6 by Ryan Hay vs. EKU, 2002 6 by Ben Shannon vs. Austin Peay, 2002Most Walks 4 by Tom Turner vs. Morehead, 1970 4 by Tim Taylor vs. St. Louis, 1981 4 by Jake Allen vs. Tenn. Wesleyan, 2002 4 by Chad Langston vs. Ga. So., 2001Most Strikeouts 5 by Michael Meihls vs. Miss. St., 2001 4 by Phil Wilbourn vs. Murray, 1963 4 by Chad Rogers vs. Jacksonville, 2000 4 by Ben Shannon vs. Vanderbilt, 2002 4 by Corey Kemp vs. Samford, 2005

Most Pickoffs 3 by Mike Fessler vs. SEMO, 2000Most Innings Pitched 11.2 by Mike Moore vs. Austin Peay, 1975 11.0 by Matt Smith vs. SEMO, 2007Most Strikeouts 19 by Todd Kemp vs. Tennessee St., 1988Most Consecutive Strikeouts 8 by Jerry Heard vs. Middle Tenn., 1964Most Walks Issued 10 by Rab Malcolm vs. Morehead, 1970Most Wild Pitches 6 by B. Buzachero vs. Jacksonville, 2000Most Home Runs Allowed 5 by Ronnie Kelly vs. Tennessee St., 1978

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Casanova Donaldson tied the school record in 2009 when he went 5-for-5 from the plate against East Ten-nessee State.

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AJoe Adams, 1967-69Kevin Adams, 1991Neale Adams, 1998-99 Robby Adams, 2004-05Terry Adams, 1972-74Travis Adams, 1997Jonathan Adcock, 1992Howard Aiello, 1983-84Michael Alcorn, 2005-09Clint Alexander, 2005-06Lynn Alexander, 1961Earl Allen, 1964Jake Allen, 2000-02John Allen, 1977Honey Allmon, 1948-49Bill Armstrong, 1963-64Steve Arnette, 1987-90 Colt Ashman, 2004-05Greg Askins, 1974, 76Matt Attaway, 1997-98Ron Aydelott, 1980-81Randy Ayer, 1970-73

BScott Baerns, 1985-88J.C. Bagley, 1970Matt Bailey, 1973-76Larry Bain, 1961-62Matt Ballard, 1989-92Steve Barr, 1965Don Bateman, 1981Alan Bates, 1982-83Rusty Bates, 1986-87Richard Baughner, 1961-64Sam Beatty, 1961-63Brad Beck, 2000John Beckman, 1974-76Rick Beddingfield, 1977Micheal Behrend, 1983Casey Benjamin, 2001-03Greg Bennett, 1985-88Nelson Bennett, 1961-63Tony Bertolino, 1964-67Wade Bilbrey, 2009Brett Bilodeau, 2003-04Jim Bishop, 1970Adam Black, 2005-06Nick Bledsoe, 1981-83Jerry Blevins, 1961-65Charlie Bolton, 2006Jer. Bonczynski, 1996-97Brandon Bornstein, 2005-06David Bosse, 1968-70

Casey Bough, 1999David Bradley, 1985-87Ray Brake, 1984 Brian Brauss, 2004Billie Bray, 1972-76 Eric Brewer, 2004Steve Briley, 1963David Brinkley, 1994-95Jason Brooker, 1997-98Eric Brown, 1970-73Jim Brown, 1990-92Randall Brown, 2002Rob Brown, 1995-96Ryan Browning, 1997-98Bill Brunson, 1974Terry Bryant, 1967-69Randy Buckner, 1980Ray Buice, 1961Ben Burgess, 2009Barry Burnett, 1984-85Tim Burnette, 1994-95Terry Burton, 1989Bubbie Buzachero, 2000-02

CAndre Caballero, 1998Chris Cady, 1991Randy Callis, 1980-81Dirk Calvin, 1979-80Gary Campbell, 1962Greg Canada, 2003Donley Canary, 1974-77David Cantrell, 1979Frank Cardwell, 1961-63Kevin Caroland, 1987-90Larry Carr, 1973David Carrick, 1974Brent Carrier, 1988-89Eddie Carroll, 1972Dudley Carter, 1965Jonathan Casey, 1994Brent Chaffin, 1984-86Randy Chaffin, 1984-86Scott Chaffin, 1973Bill Cherry, 1961-62Heath Cheverton, 2009Chason Choate, 2007-09Matt Chodak, 1994-97 Todd Christiansen, 1971-72Kevin Cizmarik, 2004-06Steve Clapp, 1987-89Mike Claudio, 1985-88 Adam Cloar, 2004-06Britt Clubb, 2002-05

Ed Clymore, 1961Daniel Cole, 2001Zac Cole, 2006-07Ron Coleman, 1992-94Wayne Coleman, 1965-66Mac Coley, 1974-75Cliff Collins, 1972-75Chris Combs, 1992Don Cook, 1948-49Marty Cook, 1974-75 Kyle Copeland, 2004Ricky Cox, 1984Mike Creech, 1988John Crook, 1967Brandon Crossman, 2008-09David Crutcher, 1970-71Ben Cunningham, 2000-01Matt Curtis, 2000-01

DPhil Dane, 1976-78Mike Davidson, 1985-86Darren Davis, 1984Mark Davis, 1999Steve Davis, 1978Peewee Day, 1948John Deaton, 1964, 66Thomas DeBow, 1990Wayne Dedman, 1963Barry Denham, 1970-73Jeff Denney, 1994-96Ryan Dennick, 2008-09Chris Dennis, 2000Ron Dickerson, 1967-69Barney Dickey, 1966-69David Dillon, 1985-88Jared Dobbs, 2007-09Casanova Donaldson, 2008-09Ben Downs, 2002-03Terry Doyle, 1978-79Brian Driskell, 2003 J.D. Druckenmiller, 2004Buddy Duckett, 1962-63Brian Dudney, 1993-96Stan Duke, 1979Scott Dullworth, 1991Bill Dunaway, 1968Scott Dunham, 2005-07Paul Dunlap, 1971Wes Dunn, 1998-01Evan Dyer, 2008John Dykstra, 1993

EJay Eble, 1976-77Ray Eble, 1949Cooper Eddy, 2003Jake Edwards, 2007-08 Matt Edwards, 2004-05Bob Elkins, 1956Don Elkins, 1961Mark Elkins, 1985-88Darryl Eppley, 1985Dusty Eubanks, 2002-03Terry Evans, 1962Meachum Evins, 1978-81Josh Eye, 2003-04

FRoger Farley, 1976Joe Fellers, 1998-99Mike Fessler, 2000-01Billy Field, 1967-69 Justin Fields, 2004-07Joe Fisher, 1979-82Steve Folkers, 2000-01Mark Fontenot, 1980-83Blake Forst, 2005-09Brent Frazier, 1992-93Grant French, 2003-04Matt Frey, 1996-97Terry Frye, 1970-73

GBubba Gamble, 1978-79Chris Gant, 2003-05Red Gaylor, 1956John Geary, 1976Butch Gentry, 1971Dave Gibson, 1991Mark Gilliam, 2000-01Marshall Gilliam, 1992-93Jimmy Gipson, 1967Mike Glover, 1974-77Alex Gonzalez, 1996Josh Goodwin, 2006-07Garrett Gordon, 1977-80Don Gorin, 1961-62Chad Graves, 1992Thomas Gray, 2008Jamey Greene, 1997Jerry Gregg, 1967-68James Griffin, 1972-73Rick Griffin, 1981-82Dusty Griffith, 1993Jerred Griggs, 2009

Mike Winchester(1972-75)

Derek Lane(1984-87)

Steve Harrison(1962, 1964)

David Grigsby, 1999-02Elmer Grimes, 1976Mike Grooms, 1977-78Mike Guidara, 1970-73Scott Guinn, 1993-94Ken Gwaltney, 1961-62 HSteve Haggard, 1992-94Marshall Hale, 1993Kent Hall, 1986-88Mickey Hall, 1973-76Mike Hall, 1991-94Doug Hamilton, 1969-70Scott Hampton, 1989-92Joel Hardison, 1963-66Kenny Harper, 1983Gehrig Harris, 1965-66Jim Harris, 1963-64Steve Harris, 1974Steve Harrison, 1962, 64Len Hart, 1992-93Larry Harville, 1975Phillip Hatch, 2002-05Steve Hawkins, 1984-87Ryan Hay, 2002-03Chad Hayes, 2009Jerry Heard, 1964Keith Hedrick, 1995-96Cole Helms, 2002-03Doug Helton, 1976-79Chad Heminover, 1998Tim Henderson, 1980-83Alex Henry, 2008-09Lee Henry, 2009Mack Henry, 1962Mike Henson, 1985-86Steve Hertzfeldt, 1975Brian Hicks, 1987Tim Higgs, 1980Tim Hill, 1983-84Clint Holloway, 1996-98Marvin Holloway, 1963Ben Holt, 1992-93Lefty Hooker, 1949Tim Horn, 1987-90Herb Horner, 1982-83Travis Horschel, 2001Chuck Hoskins, 1975-78Norman Hoskins, 1979Chris Howell, 1979-80Danny Huffines, 1968-72

Dusty Eubanks(2002-03)

All-time ParticipationThe Sports Information Office researched the names of all-time baseball participants. Any additions or corrections would be greatly appreciated. Please contact spSports Information at (931) 372-3088 or send an e-mail to [email protected]

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Collins Hughes, 2003-04Mark Hughes, 1978-81Craig Humberd, 1990-93Derek Hunley, 1991-95Mike Hurst, 1995-96Robert Hyder, 1997

IMorris Irby, 1968-71

JDavid Jackson, 1990-91David Jackson, 1999-03Ronnie James, 1978-79Scott James, 1997Jesse Johnson, 1999-02Lowell Joiner, 1975-76Buck Jones, 1955-56Dewey Jones, 1983Everett Jones, 1964Jimmy Jones, 1982Mike (Gus) Jones, 1983-86

KJeff Kalen, 1983-86Kevin Kalen, 1984-87Kurt Kalen, 1992-93Garry Kanipe, 1972-74Matt Kearney, 2005-08Joe Kelly, 1985-87Mike Kelly, 1971-73Ronnie Kelly, 1978-79Corey Kemp, 2005Todd Kemp, 1985-88Danny Ketchum, 1980-82Brantley Kilgore, 2006-07Patrick Kimmons, 2006-07Chris King, 2008Richard King, 1965-68Charlie Kinnamon, 1948-49Mike Kinney, 1993-94Mike Kirby, 1991A.J. Kirby-Jones, 2008-09Bennie Kirksey, 1974Brad Kleeman , 1999-00Randy Knight, 1988-89Richard Koslick, 1966-68Jason Kuhn, 1999-00

LBill Landreth, 1961-62Derek Lane, 1984-87Paul Lane, 1982-83Floyd Langford, 1981-82Chad Langston, 2001Scott Larison, 1981-84Jeff Lavender, 1989-90Brad Lay, 1997-99Aaron Leader , 1999Brian Lee, 1996-97Al Leinhart, 1979Ren Lents, 1984-85Mike Lewis, 1972-74Adam Liberatore, 2006-09Greg Lindsey, 1984Jeremy Linville, 1998-99Ronnie Linville, 1982-83David Little, 1964-67Dale Long, 1963Donnie Long, 2000-01Smokey Lusk, 1967

MMark Maberry, 1994-97Mike Macchiaverna, 1997-00

Bill Maclin, 1968-71Rab Malcolm, 1966, 69Ralph Mallicoat, 1975-78Chad Malone, 1995-98Joe Malone, 1963-65Don Maness, 1989-92Carlos Martin, 2002-03David Martin, 1991Doug Martin, 2009Johnny Martin, 1977Lynus Martin, 1993-96Troy Martin, 1987-88 Nathan Marty, 2004-05Kevin Mason, 1986-89Jeff Matukewicz, 1996-97Larry Maxwell, 1965-66Phillip Mayes, 1993Jimmy Maynord, 1978Greg Maysonet, 1985-86Carter McCamy, 1990-91Joe McCarter, 1967-68Aaron McCrosky, 1980-84 Greg McDaniel, 1977Ronnie McGaha, 1965Chris McLain, 2003Tom McMahan, 1968-71Tate McMillian, 2007-09Monty Meeks, 1991Michael Meihls , 1999-02Stuart Meinhart, 2006-07Lee Midgett, 1972-73Matt Mihoci, 2005-08Adam Miller, 2008Bernie Miller, 1967-69Patrick Miller, 2006-07Tom Miller, 1971Hunter Mize, 2005Brad Montgomery, 1994Mike Moore, 1972-75Mike Moore, 1997-98Rob Moore, 1992Bobby Morgan, 1997-99Alex Morris, 1965Josh Mosser, 2002Jay Mullin, 1989Craig Mullins, 1995-96Justin Mundt, 2003Herbie Muniz, 1964-67 Pat Murphy, 1977David Murray, 1977-78Robert Murray, 1962Gary Muskett, 1961

NKarl Napier, 1963-64Terry Neal, 1984-87Thomas Nelson, 2007-08Jake New, 2006-08Dean Nichols, 1955-56Aaron Nix, 1997-98Sam Noffsinger, 1970Brian Nolen, 1886-87Jim Norris, 1969-70

OKenneth Oakley, 1975-76Chad Oberacker, 2008-09Aaron Olita, 1996-99Johnny Orr, 1989-92Gary Osborne, 1966David Ott, 2000-01Brian Owens, 1991, 94 Daniel Owens, 2004-06

PKenny Pack, 1968-69 Dustin Page, 2004-05Charlie Parham, 1978-80Johnny Pasker, 1948Phil Pass, 1994John Patterson, 2000-01Johnny Patterson, 1993Noble Patton, 1955Joe Pavlick, 1976, 1978-79David Peters, 1994Kevin Peterson, 1998-00Ron Phelps, 1968Ben Pincus, 2003-04Marty Porter, 1978Chad Potter, 1997-98Thomas Potts, 1948Bob Powell, 1968-70, 72Joe Powers, 1962-63Trice Powers, 2008-09Dave Pratt, 1964-67Tom Price, 1971-73Tony Price, 1961Billy Pride, 1995Dickie Prince, 1970Tommy Prince, 1967-68Rodney Pryzbylinski, 1989Don Puckett, 1968Glen Puryear, 1994

QDavid Quay, 1973-74, 76

RJoe Rabideau, 1982Butch Rader, 1965-66Taylor Ralph, 1996-98Terry Randolph, 1972Richard Rausch, 2009Jerry Reasoner, 1969Bill Rector, 1967Sean Reilly, 2007-08Joe Renegar, 1983-85Mike Richardson, 1988Josh Rider, 2007-08David Ridge, 1983-84Doug Rines, 1989-91Kendale Roach, 2008Bobby Roberts, 1989-92Roger Robinson, 1976Tim Rodgers, 1993Michael Roeder, 2007-08Chad Rogers , 1999Danny Rowden, 1980 Kyle Rowekamp, 2004-06

SEric Sabel, 1994-96Andy Sawyer, 1992Tom Schaffhouse, 1981-82Mike Schmittou, 1987-90Daron Schoenrock,1981-84Rick Schubert, 1979-80Bruce Scroggins, 1986 Brandon Selvog, 2004-05Ben Shannon, 2002-03Shaun Sheehan, 2005Donnie Shell, 1965Ralph Shell, 1965Matthew Shepherd, 2009Darrell Shockley, 1986-87Josh Shoulders, 2001 Justin Showalter, 2004Geoff Shuck, 1973Ron Shumate, 1961

Mike Sievers, 1981Roger Simpson, 1964Wayne Singleton, 1971Gerald Sinkfield, 1988Bill Smith, 1961David Smith, 1974-75Harold Smith, 1987-90Kevin Smith, 1979Larry Smith, 1966-69Matt Smith, 2006-07Ryan Smith, 1992Shane Smith, 1993-96Tony Smith, 1971Steve Soper, 2006-07David Spadin, 1971-72Bo Spears, 1990-93Brian Sprowl, 2006-07Greg Stallcup, 1993-95Jeff Stallcup, 1987-90Mickey Stanton, 1963-65Billy Joe Stephens, 1969Jonathan Stepp, 2001-02, 04Greg Stewert, 1983-84Rick Stihel, 1984-85Kenny Stiles, 2002-05Randy Stiltner, 1986-87Adam Stone, 2002Russell Stoops, 1992-93, 95-96Pat Storrie, 1988Bryan Strevel, 1994-97Butch Strickland, 1971-72Jon Swafford, 1988-89Grant Swallows, 1999-2001David Swindell, 1980-81Tony Suber, 2002Adam Sullivan, 1993-94Doris Sullivan, 1972-74

TJohnny Tacker, 1979Harold Taylor, 1972-75Tim Taylor, 1981-82Scott Terry, 2000-03Greg Thomas, 1980-81Gene Thompson, 1949Shane Thompson, 1991

Casey Benjamin

Dewayne Tinch, 1998Mike Tipton, 1975-78Hugh Travis, 1974-75Jamie Tucker, 1994-95Richard Turner, 1962-64Steve Turner, 1988Tom Turner, 1970-71Wayne Turner, 1966-69Steve Turpin, 1979-80

VLarry Vanscoe, 1963Tommy Van Tone, 1964Stan Vaughn, 1979Charlie Vesser, 1977Scott Vick, 1989Doug Vincent, 2000-03Jeff Vogt, 1994-96

WKurt Wadell, 1971-72Dennis Waggoner, 1983-86Jerry Waites, 1970Jimmy Walker, 1982-83Henry Walls, 1964Scott Walls, 1982-85Jim Ed Warden, 1999-01Ryan Wardlow, 2006-07Kenny Warren, 1977Buddy Warwick, 1971Todd Watkins, 1991Jere Watson, 1980-83Sanders Watson, 1980Layton Way, 1985-86Kayce Weakley, 1996-97Ray Wear, 1998-99Evan Webb, 2008-09James Webb, 1964Jon Webb, 1991Roger Webb, 1984, 88Billy Welsh, 2005-06Jim Werden, 1971Joe Wesche, 1969-71Chris West, 1989-91, 93Jim Whaley, 1963-66Jody Wheeler, 1998-99Jon White, 1984Tony White, 1968Joe Whitefield, 1984Pete Whitehead, 1961-62Joe Whitson, 1956Tony Wiggins, 1989Phil Wilbourn, 1961-65Phil Wilbourn, Jr., 1990-91Emerson Wiles, 1968-70Jim Wilhoite, 1975-78David Wilkinson, 1979-82James Wilson, 1971-74Mike Winchester, 1972-75Earl Winn, 1961-62Barry Wolfenbarger, 1995-96Tim Wolfman, 1982Don Woodall, 1965-67Bill Worley, 1968Cory Wright, 2006-09David Wykle, 1989-92

YDonny Yates, 1970Bob Yonker, 1964-65Kris Youngberg, 1999Jim Youngblood, 1972

ZWayne Zenner, 1981-82Jody Zimmerle, 1994-95Gabe Zook, 1998-99

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The Ohio Valley Conference

A year later (2009) the league had a Major League Baseball First Round Compensation Round pick (Eastern Illinois’ Tyler Kehrer who was No. 48 overall) and NBA Second Round pick (UT Martin’s Lester Hudson) in the same season. The playing field is not the only place where OVC athletes are working hard. The league also recognizes excellence in the classroom. Six Scholar-Athlete Awards are presented yearly to male and female athletes, while others are commended for their academic success by being Medal of Honor recipients or earning a spot on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Additionally, the league annually presents one institutional Academic Achieve-ment Award, as well as separate team awards in each Conference-sponsored sport. Since the College Sports Information Directors of American (CoSIDA) Academic All-America program began, the Ohio Valley Conference has had 179 student-athletes honored with the award, including 25 over the last three years (2006-07 to the present). Through the early years of the league, administra-tors wrestled with fan behavior due to the close proxim-ity of the Conference members and the intense rivalries which developed. Just as it did decades ago, the OVC took the leadership role on what has become a national issue. In 1995, the OVC implemented a first-of-its-kind

From left: Beth DeBauche, Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner; Jennifer Gibbs, Assistant Commissioner for Championships; Heather Brown, Director of Media Relations; Jackie Mynarski, Assistant Commissioner for Institutional Services; Brian Pulley, Assistant Commissioner for External Affairs; Kyle Schwartz, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations; Brad Walker, Associate Commissioner/Chief Operating Officer.

“Sportsmanship Statement,” a policy which promotes principles of fair play, ethical conduct and respect for one’s opponent. The statement has become a model for others to follow across the nation, and has answered the challenge of the NCAA Presidents Commission to improve sportsmanship in collegiate athletics. Additionally, the OVC annually presents the Steve Hamilton Sportsmanship Award, in honor of the former Morehead State student-athlete, coach and athletics director, to a junior or senior student-athlete with sig-nificant athletic contributions who best exemplifies the characteristics of sportsmanship and citizenship. Most recently, the Conference has also implemented the OVC Institutional and Team Sportsmanship Awards, which are presented to one institution and 18 sport-specific teams voted by their peers to have best exhibited the standards of sportsmanship and ethical conduct as outlined by the OVC and NCAA. The vision of leadership demonstrated by the Founding Fathers in 1948 remains alive today as the OVC prepares for the future. One example is in regard to the current trend in collegiate athletics administration for increased involvement of university presidents in setting policies and making rules. The presidents of OVC institutions, however, have always governed the Confer-ence, long before presidential governance became a national theme. The Ohio Valley Conference sponsors the following sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis and track for men, and basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and volleyball for women. In addition, the OVC also sponsors the com-bined men’s and women’s sport of rifle. Now in its seventh decade of competition, the Ohio Valley Conference has grown significantly from its humble beginnings while increasing the number of athletics opportunities it provides for students. Cur-rent league representatives include charter members Eastern Kentucky University, Morehead State University and Murray State University, along with Austin Peay

State University, Eastern Illinois University, Jack-sonville State University, Southeast Missouri State University, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Tennessee State University, Tennessee Technologi-cal University and the University of Tennessee at Martin.

Now in its 62nd year, the Ohio Valley Conference continues to build on the success that has made it the nation’s eighth-oldest NCAA Division I conference. For only the second time in a decade, the Confer-ence expanded by adding Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as the league’s 11th member in 2008. The move expanded the OVC’s geographical footprint to the St. Louis market and marked the first change in membership since expanding to the state of Alabama (Jacksonville State, Samford) in 2003. The 2009-10 school year saw a change in leader-ship as Beth DeBauche was named the seventh full-time Commissioner in league history on July 28. She is cur-rently one of just five females to be the head of a Divi-sion I conference, and one of just eight to lead a Division I conference all-time. The last three commissioners of the OVC have moved onto jobs as the commissioner of the Big Ten, Big 12 and the Mid-American Conferences. The OVC’s proud past dates back to 1948, but seeds for the new league were actually planted in 1941. It was then that Roy Stewart, the athletics director at Murray State, Charles (Turkey) Hughes, the athletics director at Eastern Kentucky, and Kelly Thompson, the public relations director at Western Kentucky, first broached the idea of forming a new conference. Discussions were put on hold by World War II, but reemerged Feb. 27-28, 1948 at the Kentucky Hotel in Louisville as the three original institutions combined with Morehead State, Louisville and Evansville to form the OVC. In the 1950s, the OVC became a pioneer on a much more significant scale socially. During times of racial segregation, league member Morehead State became one of the first non-traditionally black mid-southern institutions to accept a black student. In 1958, Marshall Banks earned athletically-related aid at Morehead, which signed a second black athlete, Howard Murphy, a year later. In 1961, Murphy earned all-conference recognition as a halfback in football. With racial barriers broken, the rest of the institutions in the league began to provide educational and athletic opportunities to African-Americans. A first in the OVC occurred in 2008, when the league had a first round draft pick in both the NFL (Tennessee State’s Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie) and Major League Baseball (Eastern Kentucky’s Christian Friedrich) Drafts in the same school year.

The Ohio Valley Conference215 Centerview Drive, Suite 115

Brentwood, Tenn. 37027(615) 371-1698

www.ovcsports.com

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Team Pitching Statistics School G ERA B/Avg. W-L IP H BB SO 1. Murray St. 56 4.53 .288 34- 21 457.0 521 124 3172. Eastern Ill. 50 4.94 .267 36 - 14 423.0 438 207 3793. Jax. St. 57 5.01 .274 31- 26 488.1 526 198 3604. TN Tech 53 5.47 .276 30 - 22 436.0 462 246 3635. Austin Peay 52 6.17 .299 22- 30 434.2 520 249 3476. SE Missouri 51 6.76 .321 26 - 25 427.1 572 205 3327. Eastern Ky. 51 6.86 .327 27- 24 414.2 561 198 2848. UT Martin 51 7.50 .343 20 - 31 423.1 616 183 240 9. Morehead St. 52 7.91 .333 20- 32 436.2 619 211 308

2009 OVC HONORS

All-OVC First TeamC - Jim Klocke, SEMO1B - Wes Cunningham, MUR2B - Jordan Tokarz, EIUSS - Jordan Kreke, EIU*SS - Drew Lee, MOR3B - Jayson Langfels, EKYOF - Matt Davis, EKYOF - Daniel Hill, MUROF - Tyrell Cummings, SEMODH - Jason Laws, MURUTL - Richie Derbak, EIUSP - Mike Recchia, EIUSP - Daniel Calhoun, MUR^RP - Bill Henke, JSU *Player/^Pitcher of the Year

All-OVC Second TeamC - Trey Lucas, APSU1B - Anthony Ottrando, EKY2B - Scott Gladstone, UTMSS - Richie Rodriguez, EKY3B - Mark Hartsfield, UTMOF - J.D. Ashbrook, MOROF - Daniel Adamson, JSUOF - Miles Hartsfield, UTMDH - Louie Haseltine, SEMOUTL -Michael Bottoms, MORUTL - A.J. Kirby-Jones, TTUSP - Chris Craycraft, MURSP - Lee Henry, TTURP - Daniel Tenholder, APSU

OVC All-Freshman TeamC/DH - Eric Bainer, MOR2B - Jonathan Craycraft, MURSS - Jon Clinard, APSUSS - Richie Rodriguez, EKYSS - Kenton Parmley, SEMO3B - Sam Eberle, JSU3B - Andrew Deeds, MOROF - Zach Borenstein, EIUOF - Michael Garcia, EKY OF - Kyle Bluestein, JSUOF - Lucas Bainer, MORDH - Jacob Daniel, EKYUT - Ben Burgess, TTU

OVC All-Tournament TeamChad Oberacker, TTUCasanova Donaldson, TTUA.J. Kirby-Jones, TTU(MVP)Ben Burgess, TTUAustin Lucas, JSURyan Dennick, TTULee Henry, TTUWes Cunningham, MURKenton Parmley, SEMOSam Eberle, JSUSteven Leach, JSUTodd Cunningham, JSUKyle Bluestein, JSU

Team Fielding Statistics School PO A E DP Pct1. UT Martin 1270 531 63 46 .9662. Tennessee Tech 1384 571 76 43 .963 Eastern Illinois 1269 495 67 38 .963 Austin Peay 1304 518 70 55 .9635. Murray State 1371 587 83 56 .9596. Eastern Kentucky 1244 484 77 51 .9577. Jacksonville State 1465 567 91 51 .9578. Southeast Missouri 1282 513 83 48 .9569. Morehead State 1310 600 106 70 .947

Individual Pitching Statistics Player G ERA B/Avg. W-L IP H BB SO 1. CALHOUN, Daniel-MUR 16 2.32 .241 11-3 97.0 90 6 852. HENRY, Lee-TTU 19 2.96 .242 9-2 76.0 65 37 743. RECCHIA, Mike-EIU 13 3.02 .226 8-2 65.2 54 24 624. DENNICK, Ryan-TTU 20 3.88 .243 4-2 65.0 62 29 535. LUCAS, Austin-JSU 14 3.93 .255 7-3 71.0 70 24 526. FRESHOUR, Tanner-JSU 23 3.93 .284 3-3 68.2 75 28 337. CRAYCRAFT, Chris-MUR 14 4.05 .275 10-3 100.0 110 22 808. HARPER, Ryne-APSU 14 4.12 .255 4-3 59.0 56 25 549. BOTTOMS, Michael-MOR 20 4.15 .264 3-5 52.0 51 28 3510. KEHRER, Tyler-EIU 14 4.42 .213 5-3 73.1 59 41 90

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The Ohio Valley Conference

A.J. Kirby-Jones, Lee Henry and Ben Burgess receive 2009 all-OVC honors

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“Watching Tennessee Tech’s run at the OVC Championship last season was special. Not only did they make a great run to win the title, but they did it in exciting fashion winning two extra inning games. It made for one of the most memorable OVC Championships ever.” -Kyle Schwartz, OVC Assistant Commissioner

SE Missouri .......5Tech ....................9 Final

Tech ....................7Murray State ....2 Final

J’ville State. .... 12Tech ................. 13 Final (10)

Tech. ...................4J’ville State. .......3 Final (10)

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May 28-30, 2009, Clemson, S.C. Tech marched into Clemson in 2009 and quickly made a name for itself as a talented, well-coached squad. The Golden Eagles had the region’s No. 1 seed Clemson on the ropes with a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the ninth. But the Tigers refused to go away and rallied for two runs to win the game in walk-off fashion. But the Golden Eagles weren’t done. The very next day they faced No. 14 Alabama, and sent the Crimson Tide home for the year with a 6-2 victory. Tech faced Clemson again on the third day of the tournament, but the TIgers never let Tech in the game, taking a victory on their way to a regional championship.

”Tennessee Tech is well-coached and they play hard. They do a good job behind the plate and they finished their sea-son strong.” - Jack Leggett, Clemson Head Coach

”Tennessee Tech has been the most impressive team in the first two games by just doingthe little things.” - Rusty Ensor, CSS Broadcaster

Tennessee Tech NCAA Baseball Tournament History2009 was the fourth time that Tennessee Tech advanced to the NCAA tournament,

and the third time since 1997. Tech also went in 1956, ‘97, and 2001.

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1956OVC ChampionsHead Coach - Malcolm QuillenAssistant Coach - Fred PollackTeam Manager - Larry ColeRoster Players - Dewey Alverson, Dan Batson, Bob Borer, Alfred Paul Cate, Edward Clymore, Bob Elkins, Jerry Edward Flatt, James Gaylor, Warren Gilley, Jack Gold, Wayne Greer, Joe Haley, Ken Harmon, Robert Jones, Don Knies, James R. Lane, Bill Maddux, Dean Nichols, Noble Patton, Bill Rickman, Boyce Sanders, Johnny Sevier, Don Short, Jere Taylor, Marshall Taylor, Gene Thompson, Joe Whitson.

1949OVC ChampionsHead Coach - Wilburn TuckerTeam Manager - Thomas L. WaldenRoster Players - Raymond Thomas Allmon, Silas Anderson, Don Cook, Frank Griffin, R.L. Highers, Elmer Lee Holder, Donald Holloway, Raymond Hooker, Charles Kinnamon, Robert Langley, James McMurtry, Harvey McNease, Richard Mur-phy, Wade Odom, Billy Pearson, Sam Pickering, Gene Thompson, James Verble, Tom Walden, Joe White, Albert Williams.

1955OVC ChampionsHead Coach - Malcolm QuillenTeam Manager - Larry ColeRoster Players - Dewey Alverson, Bob Borer, Bill Dearing, Jerry Edward Flatt, Warren Gilley, Murie Hampton, Ken Harmon, Robert Jones, James R. Lane, Bill Maddux, Harold Nichols, Noble Patton, Freddie Pollack, Bill Rickman, Charles Sanders, Johnny Sevier, Don Short, Ron Shumate, William Smith, Carlos Springfield, Joe Sutton, Jere Taylor, Marshall Taylor, Gene Thompson, Ray Wagner, Joe Whitson, Albert Williams, Don Woodard.

OVC Championships

The Golden Eagles have taken home six conference championships all-time, including three since 1997.

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2009 OVC Tournament ChampionsHead Coach - Matt BraggaAssistant Coach - Larry Bragga, Chris Cole. Team Manager - Brandon Moore. Team Trainer - Jason RathRoster Players - Chad Hayes, Tate McMillan, Evan Webb, Heath Cheverton, Lee Henry, Richard R ausch, Adam Liberatore, Chason Choate, Alex Henry, Trice Powers, Brandon Crossman, Ben Burgess, Casanova Donald-son, Matthew Shepherd, Chad Oberacker, Cory Wright, A.J. Kirby-Jones, Jared Dobbs, Wade Bilbrey, Michael Alcorn, Blake Forst, Ryan Dennick, Doug Martin.

1997 OVC Co-Champions/Tournament ChampionsHead Coach - David MaysAssistant Coach - Donley Canary, Graduate Assistant Coach - Greg Ross, Student Assis-tant Coach - David Brinkley, Manager - Lyle Daniels, Trainer - Nathan JohnsonRoster Players - Travis Adams, Matt Attaway, Jason Brooker, Jeremy Bonzcynski, Ryan Browning, Matt Chodack, Wesley Dunn, Matt Frey, Jeremy Greene, Clint Holloway, Michael Hoover, Robert Hyder, Scott James, Eric King, Brad Lay, Brian Lee, Mark Maberry, Mike Macchiaverna, Chad Malone, Jeff Matukewicz, Seth Maxwell, Mike Moore, Bobby Morgan, Aaron Nix, Aaron Olita, Chad Potter, Taylor Ralph, Bryan Strevel, Dewayne Tinch, Kayce Weakley, Jason Wilkerson.

2001 OVC Tournament ChampionsHead Coach - Aaron CarrollAssistant Coach - Matt Barnett, Team Manager - Jason Wright, Team Trainer - Justin LongRoster Players - Daniel Cole, Travis Horschel, Mike Meihls, Steven Folkers, Josh Shoulders, David Jackson, Jesse Johnson, Ben Cunning-ham, John Patterson, Jonathan Stepp, Bubbie Buzachero, Jake Allen, David Ott, Matt Curtis, Casey Benjamin, Chad Langston, Doug Vincent, Mark Gilliam, Donnie Long, Jim Ed Warden, Mike Fessler, David Grigsby, Grant Swallows, Scott Terry, Wes Dunn.

OVC Championships

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Golden Eagle Baseball

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Ohio Valley Conference Championship

The Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament will move to Jackson, Tenn., in 2010. Pringles Park, home of the Class AA West Tennessee Diamon Jaxx, will host the four-day event. The 6,000 seat venue has luxury suites, a video board and merchandise shop that will be used for the championship. The 2010 season will mark the 31st year of the OVC Baseball Champi-onship. The first elimination style tournament was held in 1980, most usually being played at the site of the regular season champion. Beginning in 2001 the tournament switched to a neutral site for the first time, as the last nine champi-onships have been held at Brooks Stadium in Paducah, Ky. Pringles Park opened in 1998 and hosted the 1999 Southern League All-Star Game, and will also host that event again in 2011.

2010 OVC Baseball ChampionshipMay 26-30, 2010

Pringles ParkJackson, Tenn.

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General InformationLocation ............................Statesboro, Ga.Enrollment ....................................... 17,764Conference.................................. SouthernWebsite ...georgiasoutherneagles.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach .................. Rodney HennonRecord at Tech .....................370-233 (10)Career Record ..................451-271-1 (12)Assistant coaches ..................Mike Tidick........................................................ B.J. Green.....................................................Carlos Love

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 42-172009 conference record ...... 20-8 (2nd)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 17/12

SID InformationBaseball Contact ....... Patrick OstermanSID Office Phone ............(912) 478-5239SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(912) 478-0046

General InformationLocation ....................................Buffalo, NYEnrollment ....................................... 28,912Conference.........................Mid AmericanWebsite .............ubathletics.buffalo.edu

Coaching InformationHead Coach ........................ Ron TorgalskiRecord at Buffalo .....................50-108 (3)Career Record ...........................50-108 (3)Assistant coaches .............. Jom Koerner............................................ Devin McIntosh...................................................... Tony Fuller

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 20-352009 conference record ......6-20 (6th, East)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 17/12

SID InformationBaseball Contact ................Will NowadlySID Office Phone ............(216) 566-4622SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(216) 696-2622

General InformationLocation .................................. Mobile, Ala.Enrollment ....................................... 14,757Conference.................................... Sun BeltWebsite ............................usajaguars.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ..........................Steve KittrellRecord at USA ..................990-589-1 (26)Career Record .............. 1,023-608-1 (27)Assistant coaches ................... Scot Sealy...........................................Seth Von Behren.....................................................Alan Luckie

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 25-302009 conference record .....13-16 (6th)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 19/10

SID InformationBaseball Contact ............ Brian FremundSID Office Phone ............(251) 414-8022SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(251) 460-7297

General InformationLocation ........................... Nashville, Tenn.Enrollment ..........................................6,637Conference..........................SoutheasternWebsite ................. vucommodores.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach .............................Tim CorbinRecord at Vanderbilt ............ 276-157 (7)Career Record ......................382-295 (12)Assistant coaches ..........Derek Johnson................................................. Josh Holliday.........................................................Larry Day

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 37-272009 conference record .....12-17 (8th)Lettermen returning/lost .................21-8

SID InformationBaseball Contact ..........Thomas SamuelSID Office Phone ............(615) 343-0020SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(615) 343-7064

General InformationLocation .......................................Peoria, Ill.Enrollment ..........................................5,801Conference....................... Missouri ValleyWebsite .....................bradleybraves.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ................. Elvis DominguezRecord at Bradley ...................... 17-31 (1)Career Record .................... 195-230-2 (8)Assistant coaches ............... John Corbin..................................................... Sean Lyons.................................................Dustin Holley

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 17-312009 conference record ....... 4-17 (9th)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 12/16

SID InformationBaseball Contact ............... Tony DobsonSID Office Phone ............(309) 677-3788SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(309) 677-2626

General InformationLocation .......................... Clevaland, OhioEnrollment ....................................... 16,245Conference..................... Horizon LeagueWebsite ............................ csuvikings.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ........................... Kevin KocksRecord at CSU ...........................57-106 (3)Career Record ......................524-434 (16)Assistant coaches ...................Rob Henry................................................... Shane Davis....................................................Drew Saylor

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 21-312009 conference record .....12-13 (5th)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 10/11

SID InformationBaseball Contact ................ Renee AdamSID Office Phone ............(216) 687-5115SID Email ............... [email protected] Fax ...............................(216) 523-7257

Georgia SouthernEagles

Feb. 19-21Statesboro, Ga.

Ga. Southern leads series 5-1

Cleveland StateVikings

Feb. 26-28Cookeville, Tenn.

First meeting

VanderbiltCommodores

March 2Nashville, Tenn.

Vanderbilt leads series 20-18

BradleyBraves

March 6-7Cookeville, Tenn.

Series tied 3-3

South AlabamaJaguars

March 9-10Mobile, Ala.

South Alabama leads series 1-0

BuffaloBulls

March 12-14Cookeville, Tenn.

First meeting

2010 Opponents

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General InformationLocation .........................Jacksonville, Ala.Enrollment ..........................................9,481Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite .......... jsugamecocksports.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ................................. Jim CaseRecord at JSU ......................... 257-209 (8)Career Record ........................ 257-209 (8)Assistant coaches ............Steve Gillispie................................................Travis Janssen................................................ Shayne Kelley

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 31-262009 conference record .....10-13 (6th)Lettermen returning/lost .................20/8

SID InformationBaseball Contact ..................... Greg SeitzSID Office Phone ............(256) 782-5279SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(256) 782-5958

General InformationLocation ...........................Knoxville, Tenn.Enrollment ...................................... 26, 400Conference..........................SoutheasternWebsite ................................ utsports.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach .........................Todd RaleighRecord at Tennessee ................. 53-58 (2)Career Record ......................310-267 (10)Assistant coaches ..........Bradley LeCroy............................................... Jason Beverlin.................................................Nate Headley

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 26-292009 conference record ... 11-19 (6th, East)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 18/12

SID InformationBaseball Contact ...........Cameron HarrisSID Office Phone ............(865) 974-8876SID Email ..................... [email protected] Fax ...............................(865) 974-8875

General InformationLocation .......................... Edwardsville, Ill.Enrollment ....................................... 13,940Conference.....Ohio Valley (Reclassifying)Website ......................... siuecougars.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ...........................Gary CollinsRecord at SIU-E ................959-676-7 (30)Career Record ..................959-676-7 (30)Assistant coaches ...........Tony Stoecklin.................................................... Kurt Calvert............................................................................

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 15-392009 conference record .................... n/aLettermen returning/lost .............. 19/10

SID InformationBaseball Contact ........................ Eric HessSID Office Phone ............(618) 650-3608SID Email ......................... [email protected] Fax ...............................(618) 650-2296

General InformationLocation ........................... Nashville, Tenn.Enrollment ..........................................5,393Conference.............................Atlantic SunWebsite ................... belmontbruins.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ...........................David JarvisRecord at Belmont .........330-314-1 (12)Career Record ..................654-466-1 (21)Assistant coaches ...............Matt Barnett.........................................................Scott Hall...................................................Aaron Smith

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 29-292009 conference record .....15-15 (6th)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 19/11

SID InformationBaseball Contact .................... Brian KarstSID Office Phone ............(615) 460-8023SID Email ...... [email protected] Fax ...............................(615) 460-5584

General InformationLocation .......................... Memphis, Tenn.Enrollment ....................................... 20,214Conference....................Conference-USAWebsite ........................... gotigersgo.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ..............Daren SchoenrockRecord at Memphis ..... 119-167 (5)Career Record ...................................... 144-219 (7)Assistant coaches ..................Fred Corral........................................................ Jerry Zulli............................................. Derrick Dunbar

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 21-322009 conference record ....... 7-16 (9th)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 20/11

SID InformationBaseball Contact ................... Jason ReddSID Office Phone ............(901) 678-4640SID Email .............. [email protected] Fax ...............................(901) 678-4134

General InformationLocation ................... Johnson City, Tenn.Enrollment ....................................... 14,677Conference.............................Atlantic SunWebsite ...............................etsubucs.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ............................. Tony SkoleRecord at ETSU ...................... 239-309 (9)Career Record ......................334-366 (12)Assistant coaches ................Clay Greene...................................................... Reid Casey............................................................................

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 25-282009 conference record .....10-20 (9th)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 11/10

SID InformationBaseball Contact ..............Jeff SchneiderSID Office Phone ............(423) 439-5612SID Email ................... [email protected] Fax ...............................(423) 439-6138

East Tennessee StateBucs

March 17/April 28Johnson City, Tenn./Cookeville, Tenn.

TTU leads series 46-40

MemphisTigers

March 19-21Memphis, Tenn.

Memphis leads series 23-7

BelmontBruins

March 23/April 13Nashville, Tenn./Cookeville, Tenn.

TTU leads series 29-28

SIU-EdwardsvilleCougars

March 26-28Cookeville, Tenn.

First Meeting

Tennessee Volunteers

March 30Knoxville, Tenn.

Tennessee leads series 63-30-1

Jacksonville StateGamecocks

April 2-3Jacksonville, Ala.

TTU leads series 19-16

2010 Opponents

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General InformationLocation ..............................Richmond, Ky.Enrollment ....................................... 16,200Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite ............................. ekusports.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ............................ Jason SteinRecord at EKU ............................. 27-24 (1)Career Record ............................. 27-24 (1)Assistant coaches ............Jerry Edwards........................................Shawn Thompson..................................................Todd Weaver

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 27-242009 conference record .....10-13 (7th)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 14-10

SID InformationBaseball Contact ..................... Steve FohlSID Office Phone ............(859) 622-1253SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(859) 622-5108

General InformationLocation ..............................Morehead, Ky.Enrollment ..........................................8,981Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite ............................msueagles.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach .................................. Jay SorgRecord at MSU ............................ 38-65 (2)Career Record ............................. 38-65 (2)Assistant coaches .................. Jason Neal................................................Dillon Lawson.........................................Shane Brookshier

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 20-322009 conference record .....12-10 (3rd)Lettermen returning/lost .................20-5

SID InformationBaseball Contact .........Nick VanDemarkSID Office Phone ............(606) 783-5481SID Email ........... [email protected] Fax ...............................(606) 783-2550

General InformationLocation ..................Murfreesboro, Tenn.Enrollment ....................................... 25,191Conference.................................... Sun BeltWebsite ..................... goblueraiders.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ..................... Steve PetersonRecord at MTSU ...............707-549-3 (22)Career Record ..................860-645-3 (28)Assistant coaches ............... Jim McGuire................................................Mike McLaury............................................... John Peterson

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 44-182009 conference record ........ 21-8 (1st)Lettermen returning/lost .................18/9

SID InformationBaseball Contact .... Jessica StauffacherSID Office Phone ............(615) 904-8115SID Email ..... [email protected] Fax ...............................(615) 898-5626

General InformationLocation ..............................Charleston, Ill.Enrollment ....................................... 11,966Conference............................. Ohio V alleyWebsite .........................eiupanthers.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ...........................Jim SchmitzRecord at EIU ........................411-388 (15)Career Record .......................575-549(22)Assistant coaches .............Skylar Meade................................................James Conrad...............................................Drew Locascio

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 31-192009 conference record ........ 13-5 (1st)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 16/12

SID InformationBaseball Contact .................... Ben TurnerSID Office Phone ............(217) 581-7020SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(217) 581-6434

General InformationLocation ................. Cape Girardeau, Mo.Enrollment ....................................... 10,814Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite ........................gosoutheast.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach .......................... Mark HoganRecord at SEMO...............439-373-1 (15)Career Record ..................824-630-2 (28)Assistant coaches ..............Rick McCarty...............................................Chris Cafalone................................................. Dave Lawson

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 26-252009 conference record .....12-11 (4th)Lettermen returning/lost .................15/7

SID InformationBaseball Contact ..........Brett MaikowskiSID Office Phone ............(573) 402-5725SID Email ..... [email protected] Fax ...............................(573) 651-2810

General InformationLocation ........................... Nashville, Tenn.Enrollment ..........................................3,418Conference.............................Atlantic SunWebsite .................. lipscombsports.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ........................Jeff ForehandRecord at Lipscomb .................. 85-92 (3)Career Record .................... 296-234-1 (9)Assistant coaches ............... Chris Collins....................................................Tyler Shrout...................................................Brian Ryman

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 24-322009 conference record ....17-13 (2nd)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 14/17

SID InformationBaseball Contact ..............Trevor GarrettSID Office Phone ............(615) 966-5990SID Email ........ [email protected] Fax ...............................(615) 966-1806

LipscombBisons

April 6/April 7Nashville, Tenn./Cookeville, Tenn.

TTU leads series 33-27

Southeast MissouriRedhawks

April 10-11Cape Girardeau, Mo.

SEMO leads series 38-18

Eastern IllinoisPanthers

April 17-18Cookeville, Tenn.

EIU leads series 29-19

Middle Tennessee StateBlue Raiders

April 20/May 11Murfreesboro, Tenn./Cookeville, Tenn.

MTSU leads series 103-63-1

Morehead StateEagles

April 24-25Cookeville, Tenn.

TTU leads series 63-36

Eastern KentuckyColonels

May 1-2Richmond, Ky.

TTU leads series 69-54

2010 Opponents

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General InformationLocation .................................... Murray, Ky.Enrollment ....................................... 10,078Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite ................................goracers.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach .....................Rob McDonaldRecord at MSU ................... 133-192-1 (6)Career Record .. 133-192-1 (6)Assistant coaches ............................Paul Wyczawski...................................................... Dan Skirka

Team Information2009 record .....................................34-21-12009 conference record .. 13-8-1 (2nd)Lettermen returning/lost .................15/7

SID InformationBaseball Contact ....................John BrushSID Office Phone ............(270) 809-7044SID Email .... [email protected] Fax ...............................(270) 809-5650

General InformationLocation ..........................Cullowhee, N.C.Enrollment ..........................................9,400Conference.................................. SouthernWebsite ...............catamountsports.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ...................Bobby MorandaRecord at WCU ............................ 64-50 (2)Career Record ............................. 64-50 (2)Assistant coaches ...... David Haverstick........................................................ Alan Beck.............................................. Bruce Johnson

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 35-222009 conference record .....19-10 (4th)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 17/11

SID InformationBaseball Contact ............. Daniel HookerSID Office Phone ............(828) 227-2339SID Email ....... [email protected] Fax ...............................(828) 227-7688

General InformationLocation ................................Martin, Tenn.Enrollment ..........................................8,000Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite ............................ utmsports.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ........................... Victor CatesRecord at UTM .................168-412-1 (11)Career Record ..................424-573-1 (27)Assistant coaches ....................Brad Goss....................................................Joe Scarano............................................. Trevor Berryhill

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 21-302009 conference record .....10-14 (8th)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 13/13

SID InformationBaseball Contact ............. Ryne RickmanSID Office Phone ............(731) 881-7632SID Email .................. [email protected] Fax ...............................(731) 881-7624

General InformationLocation ......................... Clarksville, Tenn.Enrollment ....................................... 10,188Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite ..............................apsugovs.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ........................Gary McClureRecord at APSU ...............650-603-4 (23)Career Record ..................650-603-4 (23)Assistant coaches ........... Joel Mangrum................................................ Jake Peterson..............................................Justin Dedman

Team Information2009 record ........................................ 22-302009 conference record ....... 7-12 (9th)Lettermen returning/lost .................23/6

SID InformationBaseball Contact .....................Cody BushSID Office Phone ............(931) 221-7561SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(931) 221-7562

Austin PeayGovernors

May 8-9Cookeville, Tenn.

APSU leads series 76-68

UT MartinSkyhawks

May 15-16Martin, Tenn.

TTU leads series 31-14

Western CarolinaCatamounts

May 18Cookeville, Tenn.

WCU leads series 10-1

Murray StateThoroughbreds

May 21-22Cookeville, Tenn.

TTU leads series 66-64-1

Adrian ............................ 2-0Akron ............................. 4-1Alabama ........................ 2-5Alabama A&M ................ 2-0UAB .............................. 5-21Alabama-Huntsville ....... 0-1Albion College ................ 2-0Alma College .................. 1-3Appalachian State .......... 5-9Augusta.......................... 2-2Austin Peay ...........68-76Bellarmine ..................... 1-3Belmont ................29-28Berea College...................3-1Berry .............................. 2-3Birmingham So. ............. 2-2Bluffin ............................ 2-0Bowling Green ............... 0-2Bradley .................... 3-3Breckenridge .................. 0-2Brooklyn ......................... 7-2Brown ............................ 2-0Butler ............................. 2-3Canisius .......................... 5-3Carson-Newman ........ 30-22Castleton State ............... 7-2Central Florida ................ 1-2Charleston ...................... 4-2Charleston So. ................ 1-0Chattanooga ................ 12-7Chicago State ................. 4-1Chipola JC ....................... 2-0Christian Brothers .......... 0-1Cincinnati ....................... 0-2The Citadel ..................... 2-1Clemson ......................... 0-4Coastal Carolina .............. 1-1Coll. Of Charleston .......... 1-1Columbia State ............... 1-1Columbus ....................... 1-6Covenant................ ........ 1-1Creighton ....................... 0-3Cumberland ............... 11-15

Golden Eagles vs. All OpponentsDayton.............................1-1Drexel ............................. 1-0Eastern Kentucky ...69-54Eastern Illinois.......19-29Eastern Michigan ........... 1-1East Tennessee ......46-40Edinborough .................. 1-0Elmhurst ........................ 1-1Evansville ....................... 4-1Faulkner State ................ 1-1Fisk ................................. 4-2Florida A&M ................... 1-0Florida State ................... 0-3Fort Rucker ..................... 3-0Geneva College .............. 1-0George Williams ............. 3-0Georgia .......................... 1-4Georgia College .............. 0-2Georgia Southern ..... 1-5Ga. Southwestern ........... 0-1Georgia State ............. 12-12Georgia Tech ................... 1-8Grandview ..................... 5-0Gulf Coast JC ................... 0-5Hillsdale ......................... 0-2Howard .......................... 0-1Illinois-Chicago ............ 13-1Illinois State.....................2-1Iowa ............................... 1-0I.P. Fort Wayne ................ 1-2Jacksonville .................... 0-1Jacksonville State ..19-16Kent State ...................... 0-1Kentucky ........................ 1-7Kentucky Wesleyan ........ 3-0Kenyon ........................... 2-0King College ................... 2-1Knoxville College ............ 2-0Lincoln Memorial ......... 24-9Lipscomb ...............33-27Louisiana State ............... 0-3Louisville ........................ 7-6

Marietta College ............. 4-3Marshall ......................... 1-2Maryville .................... 24-10McMurray ....................... 3-0Memphis .................7-23Mercer ............................ 8-8Miami (Ohio) .................. 7-6Mid-Continent................ 2-0Middle Tennessee....... 63-103-1Milligan ........................ 11-2Millikin ........................... 8-1Mississippi ...................... 0-1Mississippi State ............. 0-4Missouri-Rolla ................ 2-0Morehead State .....63-36Murray State ......67-64-1New Orleans ................... 0-2Nicholls State ................. 0-2North Alabama .............. 0-8N.C. Asheville ............... 5-10N.C. Charlotte ................. 1-2Northeast Illinois ............ 1-0Northern Illinois ............. 1-0Oakland...........................3-0Oglethorpe ..................... 2-0Ohio Dominican ............. 1-2Ohio State ...................... 0-1Ohio Wesleyan................ 2-0Olivet ............................. 1-0Otterbein...................... 11-4Pensacola Jc ................... 1-2Pensacola Navy .............. 0-1Pittsburgh ...................... 1-0Principia ......................... 2-0Ripon College ................. 4-0Saginaw Valley ............... 2-0St. Joseph’s ..................... 2-0St. Louis.......................... 3-1St. Peter’s ....................... 5-2Samford ....................... 6-20Shorter ........................... 0-2Somerset ........................ 2-0

South Alabama ......... 0-1S.C. Aiken ....................... 0-2Southeast Louisiana ....... 0-1Southeast Missouri .... 18-38Southern Illinois ............. 0-2Southern Miss. ............... 1-5Southern Tech ................ 3-1Southwestern................. 1-0Stetson ........................... 0-3Tennessee ..........30-63-1Tennessee-Martin ..31-14Tennessee State ......... 35-17Tennessee Temple .......... 7-0Tennessee Wesleyan ..... 10-4Toledo ............................ 8-5Trevecca ....................... 22-9Troy State ....................... 3-6Union ............................. 1-3Valdosta State ................ 3-1Valparaiso ...................... 9-7Vanderbilt .............18-20Virginia .......................... 0-1Wake Forest.................... 1-1Wayne State ................... 5-4West Florida ................... 2-2West Georgia .................. 1-4West Virginia Tech .......... 3-0Western Carolina .....1-10Western Illinois .............. 2-3Western Kentucky ...... 42-52Western Michigan .......... 1-4Winthrop ........................ 0-2Wisconsin-Eau Claire ...... 3-0Wisc.-Milwaukee ............ 0-1Wisconsin-Parkside ........ 1-1Wisconsin-Stout ............. 2-0Wittenberg ..................... 3-2Wofford .......................... 2-0Wooster.......................... 0-1Wright State ................... 5-0Yale ................................ 3-2Youngstown State .......... 2-1

2010 Opponents in Bold

2010 Opponents

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By taking advantage of expert instruction, Golden Eagle

student-athletes are afforded every opportu-

nity to maximize their athletic potential

BUILDING A Better Athlete

Construction of new Strength Center to begin soon

New facility will house weight room, practice space and locker facilities

The construction of a brand new state-of-the-art strength and conditioning center for Tennessee Tech student-athletes will begin soon, and the 21,000 square-foot facility will benefit every Golden Eagle student-athlete. The need for a new facility is punctuated by the fact that Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Chip Pugh currently runs three shifts of workouts a day just to accommodate all the football student-athletes in the current 2,500 square foot facility. Shifts are also scheduled for student-athletes on Tech’s other 15 teams. Additionally, it is prohibitive for safety reasons to perform heavy lifts like the power clean in a facility located on a third floor instead of a ground floor facility. At an estimated cost of $2 million, the proposed strength and conditioning center will feature approximately 21,000 square feet of space and state-of-the-art equip-ment. The building will house 8,000 square feet of weight room space, 9,000 square feet of indoor practice space, and 4,000 square feet of support/locker room space. The new building will be located west of the softball complex close to Pine Ave. This location allows for access to the newly built out-door strength and conditioning area that includes an obstacle course, speed training sand pit, as well as a natural grass practice surface.

The new strength and conditioning

center will provide Tennessee Tech

baseball players with an indoor

practice facility to use year-round. In

addition to hav-ing indoor batting and pitching facil-ity, Tech baseball players will have an indoor infield,

providing them the opportunity to work

on every aspect of their game 12 months a year.

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t PRACTICES: As a general rule, all Tech practices are open to the media and the public. t INTERVIEWS WITH THE COACHES: Interviews with baseball head coach Matt Bragga can be arranged by contacting the Sports Information Office.t PLAYER INTERVIEWS: All player interviews must be arranged through the Sports Information Office. This policy allows us to arrange a time that will not interfere with a student-athlete's academic schedule, which has top priority. No interviews will be granted on the day of any game. Please note: No player's phone number will be given out. t WEEKLY GAME NOTES: Tennessee Tech's Sports Information Office prepares and distributes weekly game notes, including statistics, records and game information. The release is distributed each Tuesday during the season by 8 p.m. The weekly game notes are available in PDF format on the Tech web site, and can be provided via fax UPON REQUEST.

During The Week

t MEDIA PASSES: During the regular season, no admission is charged for Tennessee Tech’s home baseball games. Please contact the Sports Information Office in advance if you’d like to request working space in the press box, as space is limited. All requests for credentials will be screened with care to ensure a working press box. Children, pets and spouses are not allowed.t PARKING SPACE: Limited parking is located behind left field. Access is behind the baseball field.t INTERNET ACCESS: The Tech baseball field has the Internet available via wireless connections. t STATISTICS SERVICE: Roster cards, statistics and pre-game notes will be available prior to each game, upon request. Complete play-by-play, and final box scores will be provided following the game. t COACH’S INTERVIEW: Each head coach will be available for interviews approximately 10 minutes after the conclusion of the game. Please make arrangements with Tech Sports Information assistant Nick Heidelberger in advance to let them know you are covering the game and would like an interview.

Covering Tech On Game Day

Covering the Golden Eagles

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There's no question Tennessee Tech University is a great place to getan education. And Cookeville is a great college town. The largestmicropolitan area in Tennessee and one of the top 40 micropolitan

areas in the nation, Cookeville has consistently been rated among the top 10most affordable regions in the nation.

Cookeville boasts a mild climate, with an average temperature of 57 and fourdistinct seasons. Located within a day's drive of 75 percent of the nation'spopulation, Cookeville is just off Interstate 40, which runs from the east coastto California. City life is easily accessible, as well, because Cookeville is situat-ed within 100 miles of Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga — three ofTennessee's major metropolitan areas.

The seat of Putnam County, Cookeville is the heart of a three-county allianceknown as the Highlands, which centers Tennessee's 14-county UpperCumberland region. We have hundreds of acres of unspoiled nature —from championship golf courses to natural preserves, state parks andtop-rated lakes — close to home.There's plenty of nature inside the city lim-its, too; the City of Cookeville tends nine parks, including Cane Creek Park, a262-acre natural area with a 56-acre lake.

And while Cookeville is a relatively small town, we have no lack of culture. Weare one of the smallest cities in the U.S. with a full-blown symphonyorchestra, and our area attracts visual artists and craftspeople from acrossthe nation, thanks to the Appalachian Center for Craft, a satellite campus ofTTU. Drama also takes center stage here, with the 456-seat CookevillePerforming Arts Center cranking out productions year-round, including theaward-winning Drama Center Backstage series.

Cookeville is home to three museums — the Cookeville Depot Museum, theCookeville History Museum and the Cookeville Children's Museum —and a year-round slate of events, including regular excursion trains and theannual Fall FunFest. A walkable downtown shopping district and animpressive roster of national chain stores give the retail segment a small-townfeel with big-city convenience. Add to that our more than 100 restaurantsand 1,400 hotel rooms, and you'll quickly see that Cookeville offers some-thing for everyone.

To learn more about what Cookeville, Putnam County and the Highlands havein store for you, make your first stop the Highlands Visitor Center, which islocated at 470-A Neal St. in Cookeville and is open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Orvisit us online at MustSeeCookeville.com or CookevilleChamber.com.

MustSeeCookeville.com

For More Information Call

800-264-5541or (931) 526-2211

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students braved a driving night rainstorm to pilfer a huge block-tin eagle statue from the charred ruins of a resort hotel in Monteagle. They painted the creature - with a wingspan of over six feet - a glistening gold, and suspended it from the rafter for public inspection at the following day's basket-ball game in Memorial Gym. Then-Governor Frank G. Clement, a lifelong friend of the hotel owner, was in Cookeville to speak . He worked out a compromise between his friend and the school students, who wanted to retain the eagle as their mascot.

Over the years, a wide variety of art-work and drawings have been used to represent the Ten-nessee Tech Golden

Eagles. Some of those include a drawing which appeared in media guides in the mid 1970s, and a cartoon-style mascot in the early 1980s that was dubbed ‘the purple chicken” by Tech students.

u One of the “Top Southern Public Universities” by U.S. News & World Report

u One of the “Best Southeastern Universities” and “America’s Best College Values” by The Princeton Review

u Among “America’s 100 Best College Buys” by Institutional Research and Evaluations, Inc.

WHERE QUALITY COUNTS For more than 90 years, Tennessee Tech has served the various needs of the region, the state and beyond. Not only is Tech renowned as a fine institution of higher education, it also serves as a public re-source center and encourages scholarly research and creative activity by its faculty and students. Today, Tech makes a number of contributions to economic devel-opment locally, regionally and nationally. Tech’s 65,000-plus alumni occupy positions of leadership in educa-tion, business, industry, government and public service. Tennessee Tech is widely known as an institution noted for its academic quality — an institution where the energies of the faculty, staff and students are devoted to ensuring that the university’s quality is maintained and enhanced. The university’s vision is guided by the “T.E.C.H.” framework — technological leadership, enrollment growth, a caring campus, and high quality. The university is divided into seven academic divisions offering 44 programs of study leading to the bachelor’s degree and 20 pro-grams of study at the graduate level. More than 75 percent of the 370 full-time faculty members hold doctoral degrees. Considered one of the most picturesque campuses in the South — and one of the safest — the buildings carry an attractive Georgian style of architecture that lends the Tech campus an Ivy-league character. Tech was established in 1915 as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, lo-cated on the site of its forerunner, Dixie College. TPI gained university

status in 1965, reflecting the institution’s role as a multipurpose, state-supported university. Tech’s current enrollment contin-ues to include students from almost all 95 Tennessee counties, along with students from more than 40 other states and about 40 foreign countries.

CAMPUS LIFE Tennessee Tech students know that there is a lot more to college life than what goes on in the classroom. Nearly 200 student organizations on campus offer activities ranging from academic, athletic, cultural, political, community-oriented, social to spiritual. At Tech, it’s easy to get involved and make friends. Campus recreation coordinates 11 intramural and club sports: basketball, bowling, flag football, golf, racquetball, rugby, soc-cer, softball, tennis, volleyball and wrestling. The Fitness Center is a free, full-service health club for students. It houses a fully equipped weight room, 25-meter indoor pool, cardiovascular equipment and an indoor track. Tech is also a center for the arts, presenting concerts, theatre productions, lectures, dance per-formances, films, workshops, demonstrations and art exhibits each year. And, of course there’s always an athletics event to attend. Tennessee Tech’s athletic teams compete in the Ohio Valley Conference for 16 sports on the NCAA Division I level, and students can attend all regular season athletic events absolutely free!

The Tennessee Tech Athletic Department unveiled a new brand on Aug. 31, 2006, with an all-new set of logos for the Golden Eagles. The brand is new, but the tradition remains — the name Golden Eagles. How did TTU adopt the name? In the first quarter of this century, Tennessee Polytechnic Institute was a tiny school, located in the rugged, mountainous Upper Cumberland region where Golden Eagles were plentiful, soar-ing above the lush, upland forests. It's easy to understand how those early students and faculty could narrow their choices for their athletic team's nicknames to "Golden Eagles" or "Mountaineers." On February 14, 1925, the nickname "Golden Eagles " was officially adopted. The school news-paper, The Oracle, printed a story that outlined the efforts of a committee to suggest several possible nicknames to Athletic Association members for their consideration. The two most popular names were "Golden Eagles" and "Mountaineers," and the association, by a vote of 139-18, proudly declared its preference. It wasn't until 27 years later that a tangible mascot found its way to the campus. Several Tech

Why we're

the Golden Eagles

This Is Tennessee Tech

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Athletic Administration

DR. ROBERT (BOB) BELLUniversity President - Florida 1969

Dr. Robert (Bob) Bell, now in his 10th year as President of Tennessee Tech, is an avid supporter of TTU and Ohio Val-ley Conference sports. He currently chairs the OVC President’s Board of Directors. Bell became TTU’s President in 2000 after serving as dean, associate dean, assistant dean, and a chairperson in the university’s College of Business. After tak-ing the post, he oversaw the reorganiza-tion of the athletics department, bringing

in a full-time athletics director for the first time in almost 20 years. He has also been involved in statewide economic develop-ment on behalf of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, work-ing on the THEC master plan focusing on links among higher educa-tion and stakeholders in business, health care and state government. Bell has served four terms on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award’s Board of Examiners and was appointed a charter member of the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence in 1992, serving on the group’s panel of judges from 1994 to 2005. He repre-sented Tennessee as a state delegate to the White House Conference on North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994 and spent two years as an economic development consultant for the nation of Mauritius.

Dr. Bell has served on or chaired a variety of professional, regional and national organizations, including the American Associa-tion of Collegiate Schools of Business International, the Southern Business Association, the North American Case Research Association, the Tennessee College Association, and a number of Tennessee higher education task forces, among others. In 2005, Bell was named the first recipient of the Ned R. McWherter Leadership Award, presented by the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence. In the scholarly arena, he has been published extensively in the fields of management, organizational design, computer science and quality/productivity management, authoring two books and more than 70 articles, case studies and papers. Bell is also well known and respected in the Cookeville com-munity. He has chaired the Cookeville-Area Putnam County Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors, the Regional Quality Council and the Putnam Tomorrow Task Force for the Putnam County Commission. A past president of the local YMCA, Bell currently chairs the Cooke-ville Industrial Development Board and is a member of the Board of Directors for CityScape and Blood Assurance Corp. He has been an adult leader in the Boy Scouts of America since 1988 and serves on the executive board for the Middle Tennessee Council of BSA. He is also a member of the Cookeville Rotary and Evening Lions Clubs.

MARK WILSONDirector of Athletics - Maine 1991

Mark Wilson’s first five years as Di-rector of Athletics at Tennessee Tech have been highlighted by vision, energy, and enthusiasm. Those factors have facilitated growth and excellence in all areas and have placed the focus on generating a better student-athlete experience. In 2007, Wilson received a five-year contract extension to keep him at the helm of the Golden Eagle athletic programs through 2012.

Wilson was recently appointed to a position on the NCAA Leader-ship Council through April, 2011. It will give the Ohio Valley Conference, TTU and Wilson a voice in a variety of strategic decisions that can affect intercollegiate athletics. Wilson, 40, has led Athletics to several milestone accomplishments during his first four years, including enhanced facilities and fund raising, high profile staff additions, and compliance and academic success. Under Wilson’s guidance, the program has continued to focus on the academic success of its student-athletes, with soaring numbers each semester on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. Tech’s student-athletes have achieved their highest overall combined semester GPAs. Wilson also developed a strategic plan for Tech’s athletic facilities and has already seen some of those plans become reality. During the past twoyears, Tech has completed several construction projects to athletic facilities, including resurfacing the outdoor tennis courts, a new natural grass practice field, installation of new turf in Tucker Stadium, renovat-ing the running track, renovating the football offices, meeting rooms

and locker rooms, new lights at Tucker Stadium and installation of electronic targets in the rifle range. Most recently, Athletics opened a spacious, new basketball office complex in Eblen Center. Additional building plans call for a new strength and conditioning facility and a student-athlete center. Another step achieved under Wilson’s direction has been in-creased fund raising and development efforts with the goal of provid-ing the necessary resources for Tech’s student-athletes, coaches and staff. All of those accomplishments have come while the department has continued to stay focused on compliance with all NCAA rules and regulations. Wilson was named Director of Athletics on July 1, 2004. He came to Tennessee Tech from Ohio University. Since his first day at Tech, Wilson has made rapid and steady prog-ress. He began by restructuring the department and implemented plans for a better student-athlete experience. In addition, athletics launched a dynamic new website, gained NCAA certification and was found in complete compliance, created a far-reaching “WIN” program for academic success, opened an entertaining and popular Tailgate Park, and started plans for two capital projects. Before going to Ohio, Mark served as the Director of Athletic Marketing for the University of Massachusetts. He also worked as a graduate assistant in the UMass athletic department and interned with the Northwestern University ticketing and marketing departments. Wilson received his bachelor’s degree in 1991 from the University of Maine in physical education and health, and earned his master’s in sports management from the University of Massachusetts in 1994. Mark and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Katey (14) and Meaghan (9).

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Athletic Staff

Athletics Administration Frank Harrell

Associate A.D.Dr. Lance Jasitt Assistant A.D.

Tammie McMillan Assistant A.D.

Misty Pearson Corporate Sales & Marketing

Dr. Jeff Roberts Faculty Rep

Rob Schabert Assistant A.D.

Ben Shannon Facilities and Events

Grant Swallows Associate A.D.

Mandy Thatcher Compliance &Special Events

Golf (W) Brandy Stout

Rifle Steve Law

Soccer Becky Fletcher

Softball Tory Acheson

Tennis (M & W) Kenny Doyle

Volleyball John Blair

Baseball Matt Bragga

Basketball (M) Mike Sutton

Basketball (W) Sytia Messer

CC & Track Tony Cox

Football Watson Brown

Golf (M) Craig King

Joe Erdeljac Athletics Trainer

Golden Eagles Head Coaches

Clerical Staff

Patrena Hicks

Kim Nash

Peggie Parrott

Debbie Turnbow

Kim Meredith

Robin Burroughs

Cheerleading & Dance

Chip Pugh Leveda Birdwell

Marketing & SalesDevelopmentTicket Office

Sandy Zimmerman

Facilities

Tyler Birdwell

Strength & Conditioning

Drew Hixon Matt Dexter

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The success of Tennessee Tech University’s athletic teams is tied closely to the academic progress of each student-athlete, and the academic performance of each Tech student-athlete is closely monitored by the coaching staff as well as an experienced staff in Academic Services. Tech’s student-athletes continue to excel in the classroom. Each semester, the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll pays tribute to more than 150 students in athletics, including athletes, trainers, managers and cheerleaders, and the overall GPA of the department has climbed steeply in the past six semesters. Student-athletes are the most visible component of a university, entertaining thousands of fans, students, alumni, family and friends. Their athletic abilities and achievements are a focus for national attention, as athletic events not only bring back faithful alumni, but serve as a welcome mat to the university for potential new stu-dents. Student-athletes devote many hours to practice, conditioning and training in an effort to be the best they can be. These hours are not required by non-athletes in the student body, and these extra demands can compete with academics for the student-athlete’s time and energy. The Tech Athletics Department works to provide help with course content (through tutors and monitored study hours) as well as with time management and study skills and any other academic support services that will allow Tech student-athletes to maximize their academic potential.

Marilyn Borch-JensenAcademic Advisement Secretary

Winning in the ClassroomTennessee Tech’s commitment to its student-athletes is evident.

The support personnel and resources available provide Golden Eagle student-athletes with the tools needed for success.

1985 ......................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball1985 .............................Barry Wilmore, Football1985 .....................Andy Rittenhouse, Football1986 .....................Andy Rittenhouse, Football1986 ..............................Joel Chandler, Football1986 ......................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball1987 ................................ Ed deHass, Basketball1987 .................................. Derek Lane, Baseball1987 ......................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball1987 .....................Andy Rittenhouse, Football1987 .................................Clark Richey, Football1988 ...................................... Jim Cornelius, Golf1990 ..............................Steve Arnette, Baseball1990 ..............................Tuesday Frase, Softball1990 ................................ Lisa Johnson, Softball1990 .........................Spencer Hissam, Football1991 ...............................Ted Lockerby, Football1991 ........................................Ben Holt, Baseball1991 ...............................Andrea Roark, Softball1992 ...............................Ted Lockerby, Football1992 ...............................Andrea Roark, Softball1993 ...............................Andrea Roark, Softball1993 ........................................Ben Holt, Baseball1994 ....................Mary Beth Coombs, Softball1995 ................................... Scott Trent, Football1995 ...........................................Lisa Phipps, Golf1995 ..................Rachel Melchiorre, Volleyball1996 ................................. Jason Matson, Tennis1996 ...............................Stacy Hughes, Softball1996 ............... Kelly Carmichael, Track & Field1996 .......................Dena Adams, Track & Field1996 ...............................Brandy Henry, Softball1996 ..................Rachel Melchiorre, Volleyball1996 ............. Meggan Toohey, Cross Country

ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America District IV

District IV consists of Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Alabama.

1997 ...............................Stacy Hughes, Softball1997 .......................Dena Adams, Track & Field1997 ......................Jenny Adams, Track & Field1997 ...................................... Wade Morrell, Golf1997 ................................ Jeff Norman, Football1997 ............................ Wes Gallagher, Football1997 ..................Rachel Melchiorre, Volleyball1998 ..............................Diane Seng, Basketball1998 ................................ Taylor Ralph, Baseball1998 .....................................Amy Ayers, Softball1998 ......................Jenny Adams, Track & Field1998 ............................ Wes Gallagher, Football1999 ..............................Diane Seng, Basketball1999 ..................Collin Carmichael, Basketball1999 ............................ Adnan Hadzialic, Tennis1999 .......................................Shane Sewell, Golf1999 ............................ Wes Gallagher, Football1999 .................Kevin Boucher, Cross Country1999 ............... Steven Gordon, Cross Country2000 ..............................Diane Seng, Basketball2000 .................................Janet Holt, Basketball2000 ..................Collin Carmichael, Basketball2000 ...............................Brandy Henry, Softball2000 ............................Mirza Duranovic, Tennis2000 .............................Nick Solomon, Football2001 .................................Janet Holt, Basketball2001 .......................... Grant Swallows, Football2001 .............................. Kara Gilbert, Volleyball2001 .......................................Julie Tryon, Soccer2002 .................................Janet Holt, Basketball2002 ................................ Brent Jolly, Basketball2002 ........................LeeAnne Mongar, Softball2002 .................Stephanie Ward, Track & Field2002 ..................................... Alexis Boyd, Soccer

1976 ...................................... Donley Canary, Baseball1978 ..................................... Pat Kannapel, Basketball1982 ................................. Jerilynn Harper, Basketball1985 .................................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball1986 ................................Andy Rittenhouse, Football1986 .................................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball1987 .............................................Derek Lane, Baseball1987 .................................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball1987 ................................Andy Rittenhouse, Football1988 .................................................Jim Cornelius, Golf1990 ...........................................Lisa Johnson, Softball1993 ..........................................Andrea Roark, Softball1996 ..................................Dena Adams, Track & Field1996 ......................................... Stacy Hughes, Softball1996 ...............................Dena Adams, Cross Country1997 ..................................Dena Adams, Track & Field1997 .............................Rachel Melchiorre, Volleyball1998 ................................Jenny Adams, Track & Field1999 .......................................Adnan Hadzialic, Tennis1999 ....................................... Wes Gallagher, Football2000 .........................................Diane Seng, Basketball2000 ........................................Nick Solomon, Football2001 ........................................... Janet Holt, Basketball2002 ........................................... Janet Holt, Basketball2002 .................................. LeeAnne Mongar, Softball2003 ...................................Stephanie Ward, CC/Track2003 .................................. LeeAnne Mongar, Softball2004 ...................................Stephanie Ward, CC/Track2005 ..................................... Anne Morrow, Volleyball2007 ............................................. Beth Boden, Softball2008 .....................................Thomas Nelson, Baseball2008 ............................................. Beth Boden, Softball2008 ................................. Stephanie Fischer, Softball 2009 ..........................................Taylor Askew, Football

ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America

Tennessee Tech University student-athletes have achieved

Academic All-America honors 34 times since 1976. 2002 .............................. Kara Gilbert, Volleyball2002 ..................................... Trey Perry, Football2003 ........................ Stephanie Ward, CC/Track2003 .......................LeeAnne Mongar, Softball2003 ..................................... Alexis Boyd, Soccer2004 ........................ Stephanie Ward, CC/Track2004 ................................... Brett Vavra, Football2004 ...........................Anne Morrow, Volleyball 2005 ..................................... Eric Anderson, Golf2005 .......................... Michelle Brigano, Soccer2005 ...............................Jess Seyfert, Volleyball2005 ...........................Anne Morrow, Volleyball2005 ...................................Jon Mahan, Football2006 .......................Leah Watson, Track & Field2006 .................................. Beth Boden, Softball2006 ...................................Jon Mahan, Football2007 .................................. Beth Boden, Softball2007 ...............................Taylor Askew, Football2007 ................... Bradley Thompson, Football2008 .................................. Beth Boden, Softball2008 .......................Stephanie Fischer, Softball2008 ..........................Thomas Nelson, Baseball2008 ...........................Keri Coulthard, CC/Track2008 ...............................Taylor Askew, Football2008 ................... Bradley Thompson, Football2008 .................................. Kathryn Lally, Soccer2008 ...................................Taren Brown, Soccer2008 ..............................Teresa Craig, Volleyball2009 ..............................Frank Davis, Basketball2009 .....................................Keri Light, CC/Track2009 ........................Stephanie Place, CC/Track2009 .........................Lacoe Coquerille, Softball 2009 ..............................Teresa Craig, Volleyball 2009 ...............................Taylor Askew, Football

Academic Support

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Academic All-America

The “WIN” program: Work Intensely NowThe WIN Program was implemented in the fall semester of 2004 to pro-vide additional support for freshmen and student-athletes whose general academic progress places them at risk for maintaining eligibility and graduating. The program involves the student-athlete, coach(es), academic advisor, tutors, and others to build academic skills for success. Partici-pation in the program is primarily based on grades, and coaches or the academic advisor may recommend additional participation at any time. All incoming freshmen meet at least one time per week with their coach to discuss academic progress and needs as well as time management and study skill techniques. Other aspects of the program include monitored study hours, tutoring, and study skills workshops.

Dr. LANCE JASITTAssistant Athletics Director / Academics and Student Welfare

Dr. Lance Jasitt serves as Assistant Athletics Director for Academics and Student Welfare. He has served in compliance and administrative operations roles in the Tech Athletics Department since 1998.

Dr. Jasitt plays a key role in the academic success of each of Tech’s varsity student-athletes, managers, and graduate assistants. His primary goals are to provide guidance and academic resources to permit student-athletes to maintain their academic eligibility under NCAA rules and to progress to graduation. In this process, Dr. Jasitt serves as a primary liaison between coaches and faculty. A detail-oriented person and a diligent worker, Dr. Jasitt has developed a solid understanding of the operations of the Athletics Department, the staff and the needs of its student-athletes. In addition to his administrative role within Athletics, Dr. Jasitt is also highly involved in promoting reading and literacy at all age levels. He was the 2008-09 president of the TTU Council of the International Reading Association and is still actively involved in that organization. He also has served on the President’s Commission on the Status of Women for seven years. Raised in York, Pa., he earned a bachelor’s degree from Penn State University in 1978 and added a master’s in public administration from Valdosta State University in 1987. In 1993, he received a master’s degree in education from Old Dominion University and added a Ph.D. in literacy education from Tennessee Tech in 2004. Dr. Jasitt is a former Commander in the U.S. Navy. His wife of 29 years, Donna White Jasitt, is a former Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve. They have two children, Ian and Meagan. Ian is pursuing a second de-gree in Environmental Geology at Tennessee Tech and plans to gradu-ate in May 2010. Meagan is a junior Pre-Physical Therapy major at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

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(Right) Dr. Jasitt poses with the 15 members of the Tennes-see Tech baseball team who were named to the Athletic Directors Honor Roll for the fall, 2009 semester.

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The Tennessee Tech strength and conditioning program is a blend of science, technology, nutrition and one-on-one attention to each athlete. Golden Eagle student-athletes make a year-round

commitment to physically preparing to play their sport at the highest level. At TTU, a program is tailored to match each student-athlete’s individual needs with the sport-specific physical demands. This includes strength, speed, power, agility, flexibility, metabolic conditioning and motivation. This combination allows Tennessee Tech’s student-athletes to better reach their specific goals. Another

major focus of the strength staff is the development of sport-specific speed, agility and conditioning.

CHIP PUGH Head Strength and Conditioning Coach

Chip Pugh is in his fourth year as Tennessee Tech’s strength and conditioning head coach. He oversees the physical development of student-athletes in all 16 sports, provid-ing support in building toward championships. Pugh served three years in the same position at Winthrop University where he cre-ated and developed a highly successful strength and conditioning program that helped win 12 conference championships. An alumnus of Ohio University, he was an offensive lineman on the football team while earning a bachelor’s degree in sport industry and a master’s degree in physical edu-cation.

Pugh believes that the qualities that athletes can develop in strength and conditioning will not only aid in their athletic development, but will also help them build quality character components necessary for life. A native of Parkersburg, W. Va., he began his coaching career at his alma mater as an assistant strength and conditioning coach where he primarily worked with men’s and women’s track, men’s and women’s swimming, and women’s soccer. He also assisted coach Ethan Reeve, currently the head strength and conditioning coach at Wake For-est, with football while at Ohio. After leaving Ohio University he became the head

strength and conditioning coach for football at Marietta (Ohio) College, where he also worked as an assistant foot-ball coach. Additionally, during his two years at Marietta College he also served as a campus minister to the college.

Pugh is a certified member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches’ Association. He also holds the Club Coach certification through USA Weightlifting.

He is a Level-I certified CrossFit trainer and conducts personal training classes open to the public using the CrossFit methods.

Chip and his wife, the former Nicole Carey, were mar-ried July 29, 2000. They live in Cookeville, where they are active in sprint triathlons and CrossFit.

Emphasizing Player DEVELOPMENT

Golden Eagle Strength All-Americans

under Chip PughAwarded by the National Strength

and Conditioning Association (NSCA)

2007 Katie Sutherland, Softball Amadi McKenzie, Men’s Basketball2008 Allison Price, Women’s Basketball John Jackson, Football2009 Blair Bowens, Women’s Basketball Kelechi Odu, Football

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Assistant Strength Coaches

Kristina Hortert

By taking advantage of expert instruction, Golden Eagle baseball players are afforded every opportunity to maximize their athletic potential

Johnny Harrison Jeremy Laviano

Tech’s strength and conditioning program for baseball features: u Strength and conditioning coaches u A wide variety of workout stations u A comprehensive obstacle course u Nutrition analysis u Complete conditioning regimen

Development of Core StrengthImagine the body is a 3-link chain with the head and arms being one link, the torso.trunk being the second link and the legs being the third link. If the core link (trunk/torso) is weak or inflexible, there is little chance of maximizing potential because all body movement stems from the core. Train using ground-based, mulit-joint lifting versus machine lifting Most athletes participate in stand up power sports using many muscle groups at once. The emphasis of training should be on total body athleticsm and flexibility rather than having body weight supported by a machine and forcing isolation of just one muscle group. By incorporating ground-based lifts and exercises that focus on the total body, the athlete becomes more prepared to use their whole body in sport skills.

Train for Power (which results in increased speed)Power = (Mass Moved x Distance)/time. The less time it takes to move a mass a certain distance, the higher the output. As seen in the above formula, an increase in speed of move-ments results in an increase in power. Train AthleticismMany factors are included in athleticism: strength, power, speed, agility, flexibility, coordination, fitness level and mental toughness are just a few. It is the goal to maximize an athlete’s overall athleticism.

Train as a Team When teams train together, it provides another opportunity to develop chemistry, teamwork, leadership skills and a com-petitive environment. Within this competitive environment, teams can work on mental toughness, attacking the weights and maintaining a positive attitude. By enabling athletes to work on these things as a team, it helps to promote a stron-ger sense of unity, therefore making it harder to “fold” under pressure.

Make workouts short and intenseThere are many philosophies on how to get athletes stron-ger, faster and more flexible. But, when combined, these philosophies have the same three underlying principles: a) The workous should be highly organized b) The workouts should be short in duration c) The workouts should be extremely intense

The following are recommendations for athletes concerning days and times of strength trainig (including warmups): * In-season: 3 days / week; 30-40 minutes/workout * Post-season: 3-4 days / week; 45-60 minutes/workout * Pre-season: 4 days / week; 50-60 minutes/workout

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Responsible for providing medical coverage, recognition and treatment of injuries, and rehabilitation for all16 intercollegiate teams and more than 300 student-athletes. Tennessee Tech’s Sports Medicine department provides some of the most complete and advanced care available.

Tennessee Tech University’s athletic training complex was renamed the Dr. William C. Francis Student Therapy/Athletic Training Complex on November 7, 1992, in recognition of the dedi-cated, long-time team physician who was instru-mental in the health care of all Tech student-athletes for 35 years. The state-of-the-art facility is located in the east side of Tucker Stadium. A 1953 Tech graduate who served as the football

team’s captain and was president of the student body, Dr. Francis was inducted into the school’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. Dr. Francis passed away on October 13, 1996.

Dr. William C. Francis Athletic Training Complex

JOE ERDELJACHead Athletics Trainer West Virginia 1988 Joe Erdeljac was named in July 2008 as Head Athletic Trainer at Tennessee Tech University. Erdeljac previously served as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Tennessee Tech for seven years, and worked for nine years

with high school athletes for the Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Erdeljac was at Tech from 1992 to 1999. During that time, he was the Athletics Trainer for the men’s basketball team and worked with the student-athletes on all of Tech’s teams. A native of West Virginia, Erdeljac began his career in 1988 while an undergraduate at the University of West Virginia. Upon graduation with a bachelor’s degree in Science and Physical Education, he took a graduate assistant position at Austin Peay and received his master’s degree in 1989. His first full-time position was Assistant Athletic Trainer at LaSalle Uni-versity prior to joining the Tech staff. After seven years at TTU, he accepted a position in 1999 with the CRMC as Head Athletic Trainer for Upperman High School in Baxter. During his time with CRMC, he was a volunteer athletic trainer at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, working with the basketball teams and other Olympic team members A member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), he is also in the Southeastern Athletic Trainers Association (SEATA) and is cur-rently serving as president of the Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society (TATS). Joe and his wife, Jessica, have one daughter, Riley Grace, born on December 15, 2008.

Assistant Athletic Trainers

Upton Dabney

Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers

KatherineEmert

Molly Kidd

LeeRice

Matt Rodrigue

Sports Medicine

Chris Fry Adrienne Wilson

UPTON DABNEY -- Upton Dabney joined the athletic training staff at Tennessee Tech in 2008 after serving five years at Oregon Tech where he personally handled all of the sports medicine needs for the school’s 11-sport athletic program. A graduate of Morristown (Tenn.) East High School, he earned a degree from the Tennessee Institute of Electronics, worked for several years in the com-puter field, and in 1992 joined the U.S. Air Force where he worked in the medical field at Offutt AFB (Neb.) for four years. In 1996, Dabney returned to school for athletic training at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and worked at the University of Nebraska Medical School. He transferred to East Tennessee State in 1998, serving as a student athletic trainer before earning his bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training in 2001. He spent one year at Emporia (Kan.) State beginning graduate studies, then interned at Jacksonville (Fla.) University and finished a master’s degree in physical education while at The Citadel (SC) in 2003-04. CHRIS FRY -- One of the newest members of the Tech athletic staff, Chris Fry was named as an assistant athletic trainer in October 2009. Fry earned both his bach-elor’s and master’s degrees from California University of Pennsylvania, and also gained experience at Washington & Jefferson College plus profes-sional football and baseball teams. A native of Wampum, Pa., Fry worked as a student assistant trainer at California University of Pennsylvania, and spent five months on the staff at Washington & Jefferson. Fry earned his bachelor’s degree in 2008 in Athletic Training, before accepting a graduate assistant post at the same school on the way to his master’s degree in Athletic Training. In 2007, he spent the summer serving an internship with the Washington Wild Things professional baseball team, and in 2009 he worked the preseason as an intern with the Philadelphia Eagles.

ADRIENNE WILSON -- Adrienne Wilson is in her first year at Tennessee Tech, joining the Sports Medicine staff in October 2009 after earning her master’s degree at the University of New Mexico. A native of San Diego, Calif., Wilson received her bachelor’s degree at the University of North Dakota, and has worked with athletes ranging from high school and college athletics to profes-sional soccer and international competition at the ESPN Winter X Games.As an undergraduate, Wilson was an athletic training student at North Dakota, where she received her bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Ath-letic Training. She also held an internship with the Grand Forks, N.D., high schools. She took a graduate assistant position at the University of New Mexico, earning her master’s degree in Sports Administration. In 2008, she gained additional experience with two temporary positions. She was on the medical staff at the ESPN Winter X Games in 2008, providing services for an international field of extreme sport athletes.

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Dr. Mike Huddleston u Team Optometrist

Dr. Clark Childress u Team Dentist

Dr. Richard WILLIAMS Team Physician Dr. Richard Williams, M.S., M.D., serves as the Team Physician for Tennessee Tech student-athletes. A physician at Mid-State Sports Medicine, Dr. Williams has specialized in sports medicine throughout his professional medical career, including experience with high school, college, Olympic and professional athletes. He understands sports medicine from an athlete’s point of view, partici-pating on track and field and basketball teams during his high school and collegiate careers. A 1975 graduate of Crawfordsville (Ind.) High School, Dr. Williams also spent one year as a foreign exchange student in West Germany. He graduated Cum Laude (A.B.) from Dartmouth College, and went on to earn an M.S. degree in Medical and Molecular Genetics from Indiana University, and an M.D. from the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Williams worked with the Indianapolis Colts training camp and provided volunteer medical support for high school soccer and football teams in Indianapolis during his senior year in medical school, and also served as a research assistant at the Methodist Sports Medicine Center. During his residency at the University of Cincinnati Hospitals, Dr. Williams provided coverage for local high school and college football teams, and worked extensively with the University of Cincinnati athletic teams. He earned an Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship with Kentucky Sports Medicine in Lexington, and during the 1994-95 season was the team physician at Eastern Kentucky University, including primary game coverage in football and basketball, and training room coverage for all sports. Since 1995, Dr. Williams has been in practice in the Upper Cumberland. He has assumed primary responsibility, training room care and game coverage and injury treatment for all of Tennessee Tech’s athletic programs along with area high schools.

Kristine GERMANN Physician’s Assistant Kristine Germann covers several of the women’s sports programs and events at TTU. She specializes in primary care sports medicine and non-surgical orthopedics. A native of Jefferson City, Missouri, Kristine attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City Medical School. While there, she was a Division I varsity letterman in volleyball. She then went on to the Medical College of Georgia, completing her PA degree in 1994. She has 10 years of experience in various areas of health care including internal medicine, psychiatry and sports medicine. She has also worked with the LPGA tour in primary care and sports medicine for the professional lady golfers. Kristine has been practicing with Dr. Williams at Mid-State Sports Medicine since 2007.

Medical Support StaffGolden Eagle Sports Medicine Student Therapy Center is located inside the east side of Tucker Stadium on the TTU campus. The center specializes in athletic and orthopedic injuries and creates a convenient way for students, faculty and staff to attend physical therapy without leaving campus. The center is operated by a community partnership between Cookeville Regional Medical Center and Tennessee Tech. Chuck Williams serves as the physical therapist for TTU/CRMC Golden Eagle Sports Medicine. A 1998 graduate of the University of Dayton Pre-Physical Therapy program, Williams also became a certified

Athletic Trainer (ATC) the same year. He added his MSPT in 2000, became a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) in 2001, and received his DPT in 2002. In 2006, he earned Sports Certified Specialist (SCS) status.

Physical Therapy for Student-Athletes

Dr. Craig MALTMAN Consultant

Dr. Craig Maltman, M.D., is the newest member of the Tennessee Tech sports medicine team. For the past several years, Dr. Malt-man has helped to improve the Tech program by providing services as a consultant to the sports medicine staff and a general practitioner for all of Tech’s more than 300 student-athletes. Dr. Maltman is currently on the active staff at the North Cedar Medical Center. Born in Scotland, he was schooled in Canada. He earned his bachelor’s degree with honors in 1983, his master’s in Physiology in 1985, and his medical degree in 1987, all from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He also served a two-year residency in family practice at Queen’s before embarking on his professional medical career in 1989.

Dr. James TALMAGE Consultant Dr. James Talmage, M.D., has over a decade of providing a variety of services to Tennessee Tech’s more than 300 student-athletes as general practitioner and consultant to the sports medicine staff. Currently a physician at the Occupational Health Center, Dr. Talmage moved to Cookeville in 1979 and has worked closely with the Tech sports medicine staff since 1987. While working with all men and women athletes, his primary area is the women’s basketball program. After graduating with a degree in Physiology from The Ohio State University in 1968, he was Summa Cum Laude in 1972 from the OSU medical school. He is Board Certified both in orthopedic surgery and in emergency medicine, and among his published works and lectures have been numerous items relating to athletic injuries and sports medicine.

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Sports Hall of Fame

Since its creation in 1975, the TTU Sports Hall of Fame has inducted 153 members, whose photos and biographies are featured in the Hall of Fame Gallery in Eblen Center.

1975 InducteesPreston V. (Putty) Overall (1923-67)--Football, Basketball, Track, Baseball*Creed Denton McClure (1937-39)--Football, Track*B. Holmes Neal (1937-39)--Football*Tom Fann (1950-52)--Football*James Dearing Miller (1920-25)--Football*

1976 InducteesMalcolm P. Quillen (1930-33)--Baseball, Football*Raymond H. (Bull) Brown (1933-37)--Baseball, Basketball, Football, TrackElwin W. (Wink) Midgett (1930-34)--Baseball, Basketball, Football*Sidney McGee (1939-68)--Sports Information*Emmett T. Strickland (1933-36)--Football, Baseball, Basketball

1977 InducteesHooper Eblen (1941-74)--Basketball, Baseball, Football, Track, Tennis, Golf*Kenneth Sidwell (1955-56)--BasketballJoe B. Sills (1927-31)--Football, Baseball, Basketball*Wilburn Tucker (1941-67)--Baseball, Football*Eddie Watson (1922-28)--Football, Baseball, Basketball*

1978 InducteesBenton Bilbrey (1940-43)--Track, Football, Baseball*Huland Draper (1937-40)--Baseball, Basketball*Jack Van Hooser (1951-54)--Football, BaseballLonnie Warwick (1961-63)--FootballHomer (Rudy) Schmittou (1959-62)--Football, Track

1979 InducteesCarl S. (Cotton) Barlow (1936-39)--Football, Baseball*Tom Chilton (1956-57)--TrackWilliam Dupes (1949-51)--Football James S. Hagan (1957-60)--Basketball Flavious Smith (1948-52)--Football, Basketball

1980 InducteesAlbert Jobe (1927-30)--Football, Baseball, Basketball, TrackJim Ragland (1960-63)--Football*Marshall (Stick) Taylor (1953-56)--Football, Basketball*David C. Williamson (1927-33)--Football, Basketball*Larry Schreiber (1966-69)--Football

1981 InducteesFrank R. Adams (1927-31)--Football*Lowell Smith (1958-61)--Football James A. Carlen (1924-27)--Athletics*

1982 InducteesDavid Baxter (1958-61)--Football Kenneth Broyles (1951-53)--Football Bannis Norris (1931-35)--Basketball, Baseball*Virgil Rains (1949, 1952-54)--FootballRay Thomas (1957-60)--Football

1983 InducteesEdward Gracey (1939-42)--Golf, Football, Track*Gordon Mason (1957-61)--Football*Charles Pangle (1943-45)--Football, Basketball, Baseball*W. J. Shumaker (1957-59)--Football*Jim Youngblood (1968-72)--Football

1984 InducteesEdward F. Etzel (1971-74)--Rifle William C. Francis (1949-52)--Football*Don Cook (1948-51)--Baseball, BasketballTommy Hackler (1959-60)--Football Edd Zegarski (1942, 1947-48)--Football, Track*

1985 InducteesEarl Carrier (1929-34)--Football, Baseball, Basketball*Ray Carter (1970-73)--Rifle Homer Hamdorff (1936-39)--Football, Baseball, BasketballCharles (Chuck) Kriese (1970-72)--Tennis

1986 InducteesGlen (Pete) Davis (1938-42)--Basketball, Football*Elois Grooms (1972-75)--FootballMike Hennigan (1971-72)--FootballRon Shumate (1957-61)--Baseball, Basketball

1987 InducteesR.L. Highers (1940-43)--Football, Baseball Basketball*Frank Jones (1972-76)--Basketball L.C. (Lusk) Stubblefield (1938-42)--Football Baseball*

1988 InducteesEverett Derryberry (1940-74)--Administration*Herbie Merritt (1956-59)--Basketball Dana Winningham (1972-75)--Football Kenneth (Moe) Wright (1955-57)--Football

1989 InducteesNoble Cody (1952-90)--Athletics James M. Gaylor (1951, 1955-57)--Football, BaseballGayle Burgess-Hastings (1975-76)--Basketball James G. (Red) Jarell (1944, 46-49)--Football, Basketball

1990 InducteesL.D. (Speedy) Carden (1946-50)--Basketball, FootballPam Chambers-Compton (1976-80)--BasketballBobby Nichols (1960-63)--Golf*Johnny Oldham (1955-64)--Basketball 1991 InducteesRay Drost (1958-64)--Football, Baseball*Ron Filipek (1964-67)--Basketball*Rod M. Fitz-Randolph (1976-80)--RifleJoseph (J.R.) Mulvihill (1967-69)--Football

A period of 10 years must pass after they complete their eligibility before athletes can be nominated for the Tech Sports Hall of Fame.

Nominations are due each year by June 30.

* denotes deceased as of Oct. 1, 2009

1992 InducteesRobert Aylward (1970-73)--Rifle Jerilynn Harper (1979-82)--BasketballJim Harrison (1943-49)--Baseball, FootballMarynell Meadors (1970-86)--Basketball, Volleyball

1993 InducteesMarc Burnett (1977-82)--BasketballDr. William Headrick (1941-43)--Basketball, Baseball*Pam Cassity Smith (1973-77)--Basketball Don Wade (1968-82)--Football*

1994 InducteesMurray Cunningham (1973-76)--Football Don J. Henderson (1946-49)--Football, Baseball*Ed Hooper (1940-1998)--Athletics*Hubie Smith Jr. (1950-56)--Golf

1995 InducteesEd Burns (1975-79)--Football Kurt Fitz-Randolph (1976-80)--RifleRodney Moore (1975-79)--Track

1996 InducteesEldon Burgess (1962-96) and Gene Davidson (1962-98)*--BroadcastingWayne Pack (1970-73)--Basketball Kim Tunnell-Suiter (1982-85)--VolleyballMike Winchester (1972-75)--Baseball

1997 InducteesWayne Anderson (1977-80)--Football Donley Canary (1973-77)--Baseball Jim Newkirk (1980-89)--Rifle*Cheryl Taylor (1983-87)--Basketball

1998 InducteesJuan Escudero (1986-88)--TennisBruce Harris (1955-57)--BasketballBob Joye (1967-80)--Football Derek Lane (1984-87)--Baseball

1999 InducteesJim Cornelius (1985-88)--GolfJohnny Donnelly (1989-98)--Supporter*Melinda Clayton Hatfield (1986-90)--BasketballElaine Proffitt Keagle (1978-82)--Rifle*

2000 InducteesBill Branch (1949-52)--Football, Baseball*C. Stephen Lynn (1966-69)--TennisMelanie Marshall (1986-89)--Volleyball, Basketball, Softball, GolfJohn D. Wall (1950-53)--TrackLana Ward (1987-90)--Rifle

2001 InducteesMatt Bulow (1987-90)--Tennis, ParalympicsAngela Moorehead (1988-91)-- BasketballMatt Stark (1977-80)--Rifle

2002 InducteesJohn Fitzpatrick (1969-72)--FootballTodd Kemp (1985-88)--BaseballRoschelle Vaughn (1990-92)--Basketball

2003 InducteesBecky Murray Isom (1982-85)--Volleyball Stephen Kite, Sr. (1982-86)--BasketballSteve Moore(1968-83)--Athletics TrainerRaymond Slonena, Sr. (1980-84)--RifleBarry Wilmore (1982-85)--Football

2004 InducteesAnthony Avery (1986-90)--Basketball Beth Keylon (1992-94)--SoftballAndrea Roark (1990-93)--SoftballDelores Wheatley (1969-2004)--Academics

2005 InducteesLeonard “Sonny” Allen (1951-54)--Football Scott Baerns (1985-88)--Baseball David Mays (1974-98)--Baseball Coach

2006 InducteesShawn Monday Smith (1986-90)--BasketballCecilia Ramsey Fisher (1988-91)--BasketballAngelo Volpe (1987-2000)--PresidentMelanie Gray Walker (1991-95--GolfBill Worrell (1981-2006)--Basketball Coach

2007 InducteesDr. Thurston Banks (1973-2006)--Administrator Stacy Hughes Britt (19866-89)--SoftballDr. David Larimore (1976-2006)--AdministratorEddie Scott (1951-54)--Football, TrackRyan Weeks (1986-89)--Football

2008 InducteesChris Hedman (1986-90)--Tennis Mark Maberry (1994-97)--BaseballJohn “Shakey” McClellan (1964-2007)--Supporter*Rachel Melchiorre (1994-97)--VolleyballTom Pack (1996-99)--Golf

2009 InducteesDena Adams Fairley (1995-98)--Cross Country, TrackJim Bishop (1967-71)--Football, BaseballJohn Moorhead (1955-59)--Football, TrackTony Stone (1955-59/67-73)--Football/CoachBranon Vaughn (1995-99)--Football

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Raymond Brown .............................1933-1937Hooper Eblen ...................................1941-1974Tom Fann ...........................................1950-1952P.V. Overall .........................................1923-1967Emmett Strickland .........................1933-1936Wilburn Tucker ................................1941-1967Star Wood ..........................................1950-1951Jim Youngblood ..............................1968-1972 Bill Dupes...........................................1954-1962

Dr. Thurston Banks .........................1974-2006Raymond Brown .............................1933-1937Dr. Everett Derryberry ...................1943-1974Hooper Eblen ...................................1941-1974David Larimore ................................1977-2004Marynell Meadors ..........................1970-1986Johnny Oldham ...............................1955-1964P.V. Overall .........................................1923-1967Malcolm Quillen ..............................1930-1933Dr. Arliss Roaden .............................1974-1985Wilburn Tucker ................................1941-1967Angelo Volpe ....................................1987-2000Don Wade ..........................................1966-1982Bill Worrell .........................................1980-2006

Jim Youngblood ..............................1968-1972

Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame

College Football Hall of Fame

OVC Hall of Fame

NCAA Woman of the Year1991 - Dana Scott (Basketball)1992 - Cecilia Ramsey (Basketball)1993 - Bonnie Zoss (Volleyball/Track/BB)1994 - Beth Keylon (Softball)1995 - Taunya Lovelace (Basketball)1996 - Merrie Robin Caldwell (CC/Track)1997 - Dena Adams (Track/CC)1998 - Rachel Melchiorre (Volleyball)1999 - Amber Clark (Basketball)2000 - Diane Seng (Basketball/Volleyball) and Collin Carmichael (Basketball)2001 - Rachael Gobble (Basketball) and Adrienne Fortmann (Softball)2002- Janet Holt (Basketball)2003 - LeeAnne Mongar (Softball)2004 - Alexis Boyd (Soccer) and Andrea Brown (Basketball)2005 - Laura Sidorowicz (Volleyball)2006 - Anne Morrow (Volleyball)2007 - Kayla Garrison (Golf)2008 - Beth Boden (Softball)2009 - Kappy Lang (Volleyball)

Man of the Year1993 - Ben Holt (Baseball)1994 - Mike Kinney (Baseball)1995 - Willie Queen (Football)1996 - Gerald Bentley (Football)1997 - Robert Taylor (Football)1998 - Jeff Norman (Football)1999 - T.J. Christian (Football)2000 - Wes Gallagher (Football)2001 - Larrie Smith (Basketball)2002- Grant Swallows (Football)2003 - Brent Jolly (Basketball)2004 - Luis Aquerrevere (Tennis)2005 - Brett Vavra (Football)2006 - David McMahan (Football)2007 - Anthony Ash (Football)2008 - Thomas Nelson (Baseball)2009 - Bradley Thompson (Football)

Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year 1994 - Mike Jones (Football)1995 - Greg Bibb (Basketball)1996 - Michael Penix (Football)1997 - Mark Maberry (Baseball)1998 - Andre Caballero (Football)1999 - Branon Vaughn (Football)2000 - Branon Vaughn (Football)2001 - Chad Evitts (Football)2002 - Grant Swallows (Football)2003 - Casey Benjamin (Baseball)2004 - Willie Jenkins (Basketball)2005 - Willie Jenkins (Basketball) and Frank Omiyale (Football)2006 - Scott Stallings (Golf)2007 - Scott Stallings (Golf)2008 - Larry Shipp (Football)2009 - A.J. Kirby-Jones (Baseball)

Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year 1994 - Beth Keylon (Softball)1995 - Taunya Lovelace (Basketball)1996 - Stacy Hughes (Softball)1997 - Diane Seng (Basketball)1998 - Diane Seng (Basketbal/VB/Track)1999 - Diane Seng (Basketball/Volleyball)2000 - Diane Seng (Basketball/Volleyball)2001 - Janet Holt (Basketball)2002 - Janet Holt (Basketball) and Lupita Hernandez (Tennis)2003 - Stephanie Dallmann (Softball)2004 - Lori Bayless (Softball)2005 - Emily Christian (Basketball)2006 - Bonnie Bynum (Softball) and Emily Christian (Basketball)2007 - Bonnie Bynum (Softball) and Beth Boden (Softball)2008 - Stephanie Fischer (Softball)2009 - Stephanie Place (CC and Track)

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An Honored Staff

Tory Acheson - Softball OVC Coach of the Year - 2003, 2006John Blair - Women’s Volleyball OVC Coach of the Year - 2008Matt Bragga - Baseball TBCA Coach of he Year - 2009 Bill Branch - Women’s Golf OVC Coach of the Year - 1994Jennie Gilbert - Volleyball OVC Coach of the Year - 1997David Green - Athletic Trainer TATS Trainer of the Year - 1994 Frank Harrell - Men’s Basketball TSWA Coach of the Year - 1991Bobby Holloway - Softball OVC Coach of the Year - 1994Tom Kelly - Rifle OVC Coach of the Year - 2001Jeff Lebo - Men’s Basketball OVC Coach of the Year - 2000, 2001, 2002Barry Lewis - Men’s Tennis OVC Coach of the Year - 2008David Mays - Baseball OVC Coach of the Year -1993, 1995, 1997George Moody - Rifle OVC Coach of the Year - 2002, 2003

Bobby Nichols - Men’s Golf OVC Coach of the Year - 1990, 2005Bobby Nichols - Women’s Golf OVC Coach of the Year - 2000, 2001Steve Payne - Men’s Basketball OVC Coach of the Year - 2006Jim Ragland - Football OVC Coach of the Year - 1992, 1993Rob Schabert - Sports Information TTU Outstanding Professional - 2004Qasim Sheikh - Women’s Soccer OVC Coach of the Year - 1998Randy Smith - Men’s Tennis OVC Coach of the Year - 1991, 1992, 1999, 2006Randy Smith - Women’s Tennis OVC Coach of the Year - 1999Mike Sutton - Men’s Basketball OVC Coach of the Year - 2005 BWAA Most Courageous, 2006 NSC Kaia Jergenson Courage Award, 2006 Bill Worrell - Women’s Basketball OVC Coach of the Year - 1987, 1990, 1992, 2000Bill Worrell - Men’s Tennis OVC Coach of the Year - 1986

Tech Athletics staff members have won many honors and awards since 1986

Golden Eagle Athletic Honors

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The mission of Tennessee Techno-logical University Intercollegiate Athlet-ics, based upon and consistent with the university’s mission, is to encourage student scholarship and sportsmanship with emphasis placed on helping student-athletes make appropriate progress to-ward completion of their chosen academic degree programs and become productive members of society. The TTU Intercollegiate Athletics Program serves as a rallying point for the university as well as a public relations outlet for university activities by striving to bring positive recognition to TTU through a program built on concepts including excellence, integrity, and enthusiasm.

Academic integrity is a key element in athletic decisions, thus ensuring that the educational values, practices, and the university’s mission set the standard for the program. TTU’s athletic program strives for student-athlete excellence in competition and in the academic setting. TTU seeks to field disciplined and competitive athletic teams dedicated to observing sportsmanship and applicable rules, to providing quality athletic training and medical support to intercollegiate athletics, and to supporting the general welfare of student-athletes. The TTU Intercollegiate Athletics Pro-gram focuses on the overall development of all persons participating in athletics. Ethical conduct and good sportsmanship are pro-

Tennessee Tech University Athletics Mission Statementmoted among faculty and students, alumni and friends, athletics department staff, and student-athletes. The program adheres to the policies, rules, and guidelines of the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA), the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), and the institution. Intercollegiate Athletics is as sup-portive of women as of men and as sup-portive of those in the minority as those in the majority. The program is committed to complying with Title IX regulations. Inter-collegiate Athletics provides opportunities to eligible persons without regard to age, gender, color, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability.

Chad Hayes2B/SS F Sophomore

Zephan GuyearIF F Freshman

1 2Austin AndersonLHP F Freshman

Tate McMillan1B F Senior

3 4Seth EdwardsOF F Junior

Nick PriceRHP F Freshman

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Evan FrazierC F Freshman

Lee HenryRHP F Senior

8 9Frankie Beech3B/SS F Junior

Adam LiberatoreLHP F Senior

10 11Chason ChoateLHP F Junior

Tristan ArcherRHP F Freshman

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Trice Powers2B F Junior

Devin Rivers3B/SS F Junior

14 16Austin Wulf

OF F FreshmanBrandon Crossman

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17 19Will Thomas

OF F FreshmanCasanova Donaldson

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Matthew ShepherdRHP F Sophomore

Chad OberackerOF/LHP F Junior

22 23Ben Burgess

C/OF F SophomoreA.J. Kirby-Jones1B/RHP F Junior

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Wade BilbreyRHP F Junior

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Ryan HopkinsRHP F Freshman

Tevis Sherfield2B F Freshman

30 31Andy Williams

RHP F FreshamnMichael Morris

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32 33Stephen PryorRHP F Junior

Greg GlaserOF F Freshman

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Doug MartinC F Sophomore

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Assistant CoachChris Cole

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