2014 K-State Baseball Media Almanac

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CREDITSTHE 2014 K-STATE BASEBALL MEDIA ALMANAC IS A PRODUCTIONOF THE K-STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE, PUBLISHEDBY THE K-STATE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT.

WRITTEN AND DESIGNED BY: Chris Kutz and Ryan Lackey, Assis-tant Director/Athletics Communications | EDITORIAL ASSIS-TANCE: Assistant Athletics Director/Communications KennyLannou; Associate Athletics Communications Director TomGilbert; Assistant Athletics Communications Director Randy Pe-terson; Head Coach Brad Hill; Director of Baseball OperationsJustin Tadtman; Opponent SIDs | PHOTOGRAPHY: Scott Weaver| PRINTED BY: Ag Press of Manhattan, Kan. Special thanks toLori Daniel.

Table of Contents/Credits________________1K-State Athletics Communications__________2K-State Athletics Directory ______________3Visiting Manhattan ____________________4

PRESEASON INFORMATIONQuick Facts ________________________6Schedule __________________________72014 Outlook ______________________8Preseason Notes ____________________9TV/Radio Roster ____________________10Roster __________________________12

COACHESHead Coach Brad Hill ________________14Assistant Coach Mike Clement __________17Assistant Coach Josh Reynolds __________18Other Assistants/Support Staff __________19University President Dr. Kirk Schulz ________22Athletics Director John Currie ____________23K-State Head Coaches ________________24

PLAYERSAlex Bee/Landon Busch ________________26Shane Conlon ______________________27Clayton Dalrymple/Blair DeBord __________28DeBord/Austin Fisher ________________29Nate Griep/Colton Kalmus/Ross Kivett ______30Kivett/Jake Matthys __________________31Levi MaVorhis/Blake McFadden __________32Mitch Meyer/Lance Miles ______________33Jared Moore ______________________34RJ Santigate ______________________35Kyle Speer/Nate Williams ______________36

Jordan Witcig/Matt Wivinis ______________37Jake Wodtke/Career Pitching Lines ________38Career Pitching Lines ______________39-40Anderson/Brown ____________________41DeBord/DeVinny/Floyd/Fromson __________42Hale/Landon/Roblez/Stover ____________43Whaley/Wilks/Yagi __________________44

2013 REVIEWRecap Notes ______________________46Results __________________________47Overall Statistics ____________________48Conference Statistics ________________49Hitting Summary ____________________50Pitching Summary __________________51Miscellaneous Statistics ____________52-53Superlatives ______________________54Big 12 Recap ______________________55Jon Davis ________________________56Jake Doller ________________________57Joe Flattery ________________________58Jared King ________________________59Tanner Witt ________________________60

2014 OPPONENTSOpponents Outlook __________________64Non-Conference Opponents __________65-67Big 12 Opponents ________________68-71Big 12 Conference __________________72Big 12 Championship ________________73Series Records __________________74-75Big 12 Series Results ______________76-79Non-Conference Series Results ________80-86

PROGRAM HISTORYWildcat Timeline __________________88-90No-Hitters and Cycles ________________91Conference Championship History ______92-93NCAA Regional History ______________94-95NCAA Super Regional History ____________96NCAA Regional Teams ______________97-100NCAA 2013 Super Regional Team ________101All-Century Team ________________102-103Offensive Records ______________104-106Pitching Records ________________107-108Fielding Records____________________109Team Records ____________________110The Last Time/Class Records __________111Honor Roll ____________________112-113All-Americans __________________114-117Elden Auker ______________________118Wildcats in the MLB Draft __________119-1202013 Wildcat Pro Recap ______________121Wildcats in MLB ____________________122All-Time Letterwinners ____________123-125All-Time Career Statistics __________126-141Offensive Yearly Leaders __________142-143Pitching Yearly Leaders ____________144-145Yearly Summary ____________________146Yearly Results __________________147-157

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K-STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

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KENNY LANNOUAssistant Athletics Director/

Communications

TOM GILBERTAssociate Director

RANDY PETERSONAssistant Director

DAVE SMOLLERCreative Director/Internet Services

RYAN LACKEYAssistant Director

CHRIS KUTZAssistant Director

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONSThe Kansas State Athletics Communications Office is located inthe West Stadium Center at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Officehours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

Members of the staff include assistant athletics director/commu-nications Kenny Lannou (administration/football), associate di-rector Tom Gilbert (mens basketball/football game program),assistant directors Randy Peterson (womens basketball/womenstennis/equestrian), Ryan Lackey (secondary football/mens andwomens golf) and Chris Kutz (volleyball/track &field/rowing/cross country), graduate assistant Anthony Meier(rowing/track & field/cross country) and Mary Gorman (officemanager).

PRESS BOX SERVICESA complete NCAA box score, play-by-play and pertinent gamefacts will be distributed to members of the working media aftereach game.

Press packets are provided 60 minutes prior to first pitch, orearlier upon request. Press packets include a scorecard and teamrosters, updated statistics for each team, conference statisticsand game-day notes.

A meal is usually provided to each media member for homegames. However, at other times, a meal ticket, redeemable for re-freshments from the concessions stand, will be issued to eachmember.

MEDIA CREDENTIALSAll media attending K-State baseball home games must presenta media pass for admission to Tointon Family Stadium. Creden-tials for home games are issued for working media only andshould be requested as early as possible to the athletics commu-nications office.

Requests for credentials should be made in advance by email,fax or mail, and directed to Athletics Communications AssistantDirector Chris Kutz.

INTERVIEW POLICIESALL interviews with K-State players and coaches must bearranged through the athletics communications office. Please con-tact Athletics Communications Assistant Director Chris Kutz toset up an interview. Home and cell phone numbers for student-athletes will not be given to the media.

HEAD COACH BRAD HILLCoach Hill is usually available for phone interviews on weekdaymornings (10 a.m. - Noon) during the season. Please coordinateall requests for personal interviews with Coach Hill through ChrisKutz. Hill will talk to reporters approximately 15 minutes after theend of each game.

PLAYERSMedia members are invited to attend K-State baseball practicesessions. Players are available for interviews after each practiceat approximately 5:30 p.m. in Tointon Family Stadium. For an exacttime each day, please contact Chris Kutz. Select players are alsoavailable after each game, following Coach Hills addressing ofthe media.

WELCOME TO K-STATE ATHLETICSThe K-State Athletics Communications staff welcomes your interestin K-State baseball and will make every effort to make your cover-age of the Wildcats an enjoyable experience. The office maintainsinformation on all current student-athletes, as well as historicalinformation on previous student-athletes and the program in gen-eral. For information, interviews, photo shoots and/or file photos,please call, stop by our office, or e-mail a request.

Office Phone: (785) 532-6735Office Fax: (785) 532-6093Mailing Address: West Stadium Center, 1800 College Ave. Manhattan, KS 66502

Website: www.k-statesports.comPress Box Phone: (785) 532-5801

Assistant Athletics Director/Communications: Kenny Lannou Office Phone: (785) 532-7977 Cell Phone: (785) 587-7867 Email: [email protected] Director: Tom Gilbert Office Phone: (785) 532-7979 Cell Phone: (785) 587-7868 Email: [email protected] Director: Randy Peterson Office Phone: (785) 532-7975 Cell Phone: (785) 587-7769 Email: [email protected] Director: Ryan Lackey Office Phone: (785) 532-7708 Cell Phone: (785) 587-7865 Email: [email protected] Director: Chris Kutz (Baseball Contact) Office Phone: (785) 532-7976 Cell Phone: (785) 307-5931 Email: [email protected] Director/Internet Services: Dave Smoller Office Phone: (785) 532-0912 Cell Phone: (785) 341-4668 Email: [email protected] Interns: Ricardo Cruz, Jesse Piper, Joe Rodgers, TrevorTomanek

WILDCATS ON THE WEBK-State Athletics and CBSSports.com College Network - the pre-mier internet services provider for college athletics - partnered inthe summer of 2010 for an enhanced athletics website, providingWildcat fans with improved features and overall customer service.

The revamped site at www.k-statesports.com uses the latest in-ternet technology to provide fans with a seamless, robust experi-ence that is unique to K-State.

K-STATEHD.TVKansas State launched an exclusive digital, high-definition networkAugust 30, 2011, known as K-StateHD.TV that provides a world-wide connection to Kansas State University and K-State Athleticsand establish the university as an international leader in program-ming, accessibility and exposure.

This milestone joint project between K-State Athletics and the uni-versity maximizes the national exposure for both the university andathletics program, and is valuable to K-State Baseball as all homenon-televised contests will be broadcast on the platform.

K-STATE IN SOCIAL MEDIAFans and members of the media can stay in touch with K-StateAthletics through various social media platforms.Official Twitter: @kstatesportsIn-Game Updates Twitter: @kstate_gamedayFacebook: facebook.com/kstatesportsYou Tube: youtube.com/kstatefans

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ATHLETICS DIRECTORS OFFICE Bramlage Coliseum, Suite 138 Phone: (785) 532-6910 Fax: (785) 532-2340John Currie ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6912 Director of Athletics [email protected] Thomas ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7608 Senior Associate Athletics Director/Capital Project Development [email protected] Dowdle ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7056 Chief of Staff/Assistant Athletic Director of Administration [email protected] Jones________________________________________________________(785) 532-6912 Executive Assistant to Director of Athletics [email protected] Grubbs ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6910 Athletics Department Receptionist [email protected] Bath ________________________________________________________(785) 532-6910 Administrative Assistant [email protected] Schmidt ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6910 Courier [email protected]

AHEARN FUNDBramlage Coliseum, Suite 138 Phone: (785) 532-7715 Fax: (785) 532-2340Laird Veatch ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7954 Executive Associate Athletics Director for Strategic Initiatives [email protected] Weiberg ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6901 Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development [email protected] McCowan ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7881 Associate Director of Development [email protected] Floyd ________________________________________________________(785) 532-7707 Assistant Athletics Director for Development Events [email protected] Clark ________________________________________________________(785) 532-7716 Senior Director of Development [email protected] Hamor ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7984 Director of Annual Giving [email protected] Kringen ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7674 Senior Director of Development, Annual Giving [email protected] Shipman ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7763 Director of Hospitality & Special Events [email protected] Barnes ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7952 Assistant Director, Hospitality & Special Events [email protected] Buda ________________________________________________________(785) 532-7715 Assistant Director, Annual Giving [email protected] Schulte ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7677 Gift Processing Assistant [email protected]

BUSINESS OPERATIONSBramlage Coliseum, Suite 142 Phone: (785) 532-6252 Fax: (785) 532-5630Bruce Shubert______________________________________________________(785) 532-6020 Associate Athletic Director for Business Administration [email protected] Shimon ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7712 Director of Information Technology [email protected] Bach ________________________________________________________(785) 532-6587 Senior Accountant [email protected] Stoddard______________________________________________________(785) 532-7199 Business Office Accountant [email protected] Williams ____________________________________________________(785) 532-6586 Human Resource Manager [email protected] Biehler ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6252 Human Resource Specialist [email protected] Lane ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7158 Computer Information Specialist [email protected]

COMPLIANCE Bramlage Coliseum, Suite 143 Phone: (785) 532-3990 Fax: (785) 532-2296Lindsey Babcock ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7969 Associate Athletics Director for Compliance [email protected] Koudele ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7678 Director of Compliance [email protected] White ________________________________________________________(785) 532-3990 Administrative Assistant/Compliance Services [email protected]

FACILITY OPERATIONS Bramlage Coliseum, Suite 137 Phone: (785) 532-7276 Fax: (785) 532-2761Casey Scott ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5263 Senior Associate Athletics Director for Operations and Event Management [email protected] Muller ________________________________________________________(785) 532-7602 Director of Facilities Maintenance [email protected]. Bokelman ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7601 Director of Facility Operations [email protected] Cordill ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7713 Director of Event Management [email protected] Lough ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7276 Facility Operations Accountant [email protected]

FAN EXPERIENCE AND SALES Bramlage Coliseum, Suite 136 Phone: (785) 532-6911 Fax: (785) 532-7289Joni Smoller ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5769 Senior Director of Fan Experience and Sales [email protected] Cook ________________________________________________________(785) 532-5272 Director of Graphic Design [email protected]

POWERCAT VISION/K-STATEHD.TVWest Stadium Center Phone: (785) 532-7982 Fax: (785) 532-7738Brian Smoller ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5180 Sportscasting/Director of Powercat Vision and K-StateHD.TV [email protected] Thompson ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7982 Director of Sportscasting/Voice of the Wildcats [email protected] Burge ______________________________________________________(785) 532-2701 Senior Video Engineer [email protected] Koerner ____________________________________________________(785) 532-2703 Video Producer [email protected] Moline ________________________________________________________(785) 532-2722 Assistant Video Producer [email protected] Liebsch ______________________________________________________(785) 532-2703 Assistant Director of Video Services [email protected]

SPORTS MEDICINE Vanier Football Complex/Basketball Training Facility/Ahearn Field HousePhone: (785) 532-6384 Fax: (785) 532-2864Matt Thomason ____________________________________________________(785) 532-6384 Director of Sports Medicine [email protected] Hoffman ____________________________________________________(785) 532-5880 Associate Athletic Trainer [email protected] Bobier ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6988 Assistant Athletic Trainer [email protected] Hodge ______________________________________________________(785) 532-1156 Assistant Athletic Trainer [email protected] Sauber ______________________________________________________(785) 587-6929 Assistant Athletic Trainer [email protected] Seiler ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5792 Assistant Athletic Trainer [email protected] Takashima ____________________________________________________(785) 532-1156 Assistant Athletic Trainer [email protected] Yoder ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7055 BTF Sports Medicine Coordinator/Assistant Athletic Trainer [email protected] Trausch ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6836 Sport Dietitian/Nutritionist [email protected] Connole ______________________________________________________(785) 532-3568 Director of Sport Psychology [email protected]

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING Phone: (785) 532-5880 Fax: (785) 532-3888Chris Dawson ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6835 Director of Strength and Conditioning [email protected] Cavender ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7156 Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports [email protected] Honeycutt __________________________________________________(785) 395-2670 Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach [email protected] Looney ______________________________________________________(785) 532-2809 Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach [email protected] Meredith ____________________________________________________(785) 532-1463 Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach [email protected] Price ______________________________________________________(785) 532-2733 Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach [email protected] Schadt ______________________________________________________(785) 532-1464 Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach [email protected]

STUDENT-ATHLETE SERVICES OFFICE Academic Learning Center Phone: (785) 532-5190 Fax: (785) 532-5191Jill Shields ________________________________________________________(785) 532-6620 Senior Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator [email protected] Fowler ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5196 Program Director of Specialized Learning [email protected] Banks ________________________________________________________(785) 532-5319 Program Director for Football [email protected] Pinkett ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5192 Life Skills Director [email protected] Waller ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5409 Assistant Director of Student Services [email protected] Hamor ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5097 Academic Counselor [email protected] Johnson ____________________________________________________(785) 532-6987 Academic Counselor [email protected] Moses ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5293 Academic Counselor [email protected] Buehler ______________________________________________________(785) 410-9334 Academic Learning Specialist [email protected] Philippi ____________________________________________________(785) 532-5190 Administrative Assistant for Student Services [email protected]

TICKET OPERATIONSBramlage Coliseum, Suite 146 Phone: (800) 221-CATS Fax: (785) 532-7689Scott Garrett ______________________________________________________(785) 532-2880 Associate Athletics Director for Ticketing and Fan Strategies [email protected] Holste ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5582 Director of Ticket Operations [email protected] Medved ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7681 Assistant Director of Ticket Operations [email protected] Prough ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6650 Assistant Director of Fan Strategies [email protected]

VISITING MHK

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LODGINGCandlewood Suites 210 Blue Earth Plaza ______________320-7995Comfort Suites 1020 Hostetler Dr. ________________539-9449Fairfield Inn by Marriott 300 Colorado Street ________________539-2400Four Points by Sheraton 530 Richards Drive ________________539-5311Guest Haus Bed & Breakfast 1724 Sheffield Circle ______________776-6543Hampton Inn 501 E. Poyntz ____________________539-5000Hilton Garden Inn 410 S. 3rd St. ____________________532-9116Holiday Inn at the Campus 17th & Anderson __________________539-7531Motel 6 510 Tuttle Creek Blvd. ______________537-1022Parkwood Inn and Suites 505 S 17th St. __________________320-5440Quality Inn and Suites 150 E. Poyntz Ave. ________________770-8000Regency Inn 419 Holiday Drive ________________537-8468Super 8 200 Tuttle Creek Blvd. ______________537-8468

TRANSPORTATIONManhattan Regional Airport 5500 Fort Riley Blvd. ______________587-4567Enterprise Rent-A-Car 5500 Fort Riley Blvd________________537-0557Hertz Rent-A-Car 5500 Fort Riley Blvd. ______________539-0261

RESTAURANTSAggie Station 1119 Moro St.____________________537-7444A.J.s Pizzeria 301 Poyntz Ave. __________________537-0700Applebees Bar & Grill Manhattan Town Center ____________537-0408Bourbon and Baker 312 Poyntz Ave __________________320-4959Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar 1231 Moro ______________________323-9464Carlos OKellys Mexican Cafe Manhattan Town Center ____________537-4688Chilis Grill & Bar 213 Fort Riley Blvd ________________537-1250Chipotle Mexican Grill 606 N. Manhattan ________________587-8052CoCo BoLos 1227 Bluemont Ave.________________537-4700Cox Bros. BBQ 223 McCall Rd. __________________539-0770Early Edition (Breakfast) 3210 Kimball Ave. ________________539-3255Famous Daves BBQ 910 Commons Place ______________537-2401Harrys Uptown 418 Poyntz Ave __________________537-1300Jimmy Johns 1212 Moro St.____________________539-7454Little Apple Brewing Company Westloop Shopping Ctr ______________539-5500Longhorn Steakhouse 505 Tuttle Creek Blvd ______________732-9061McAlisters Deli 421 Tuttle Creek Blvd. ______________539-0610Old Chicago 100 Manhattan Town Center __________537-3322Olive Garden 715 Tuttle Creek Blvd. ______________537-2445Powercat Sports Grill 3011 Anderson Ave ________________320-4662Ramblers Steakhouse 8711 E Highway 24 ________________539-4989Rock-A-Belly Bar & Deli 718 N. Manhattan Ave ______________539-8033Smashburger 501 3rd Place __________________587-8485So Long Saloon 1130 Moro ______________________537-9292Texas Roadhouse 200 Manhattan Town Center __________537-7427The Chef (Breakfast) 111 S 4th St. ____________________537-4100Willies Sports Bar & Grill 307 Seth Child Rd. ________________539-6746*All phone numbers are area code 785

FINDING TOINTON FAMILY STADIUMFrom the West (Manhattan Regional Airport) Take Kansas Highway 18 east into Manhattan. Exit at Kansas 113 (Seth Childs Road) heading North. Stay on Seth Childs Road until reaching the Kimball Ave., exit. Turnright onto Kimball and follow it one mile to College Ave., and turn right. Go one block and turn left into the Bramlage Coliseum parking lot. The stadium is located at theintersection of Kimball and College next to Bill Snyder Family Stadium and Bramlage Coliseum.

From the East (Kansas City) Exit I-70 at Highway 177 (exit 313) and head north on 177 until reaching Manhattan. Exit and proceed to the first light, turning left on Tuttle Creek Blvd. Head north onTuttle Creek until reaching Kimball Ave. Turn left on Kimball and go two miles to the Bill Snyder Family Stadium/Bramlage Coliseum parking lot. The stadium is located inthe southwest corner.

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GENERAL INFORMATION/UNIVERSITYLocation ____________________________________Manhattan, KS 66502Founded ______________________________________________1863Enrollment ____________________________________________24,581Nickname ____________________________________________WildcatsSchool Colors ____________________________________Purple and WhiteAffiliation ________________________________________NCAA Division IConference ____________________________________________Big 12President ________________________________________Dr. Kirk SchulzAlma Mater (Year) ______________________________Virginia Tech (1986)Vice President/Athletics Director ____________________________John CurrieAlma Mater (Year)________________________________Wake Forest (1993)Faculty Representative ________________________________Dr. Be StoneyAthletic Department Phone ____________________________(785) 532-6910Ticket Office ____________________________________1-800-221-CATS

STADIUM INFORMATIONStadium ____________________________________Tointon Family StadiumYear Opened/Re-Dedicated ______________________________1961/2002Capacity ______________________________________________2,331Playing Surface__________________________AstroTurf GameDay Grass 3D60All-Time Record __________________________________789-450-1 (.637)Dimensions ______________________________LF - 340; CF - 400; RF - 325Press Box Phone __________________________________(785) 532-5801

HISTORYSeasons of Baseball ________________________________Entering 114thFirst Season of Baseball ____________________________________1897All-Time Record ______________________________1,705-1,686-10 (.503)All-Time Conference Record __________________________560-989-3 (.362)Big 12 Conference Record ____________________________167-286-3 (.370)All-Time Conference Tournament ______________________________17-28Big Eight Conference Tournament ______________________________4-14Big 12 Conference Tournament ________________________________13-14NCAA Appearances/Last____________________________________4/2013Last Postseason ______________________2013 NCAA Corvallis Super RegionalNCAA Tournament Record ____________________________________7-8

HEAD COACHHead Coach __________________________________________Brad HillAlma Mater (Year) ______________________________Emporia State (1985)Record at K-State ______________________________338-243-3 (10 Years)Record Overall ________________________________756-334-3 (19 Years)Baseball Office Phone ______________________________(785) 532-3926Best Time To Contact Hill ________________________________Contact SID

ASSISTANT COACHES/STAFFHitting Coach ______________________________________Mike ClementPitching Coach ____________________________________Josh ReynoldsVolunteer Assistant Coach ______________________________Blake KangasStrength Coach ______________________________________Tyler LooneyGraduate Manager ____________________________________Trevor HurleyUndergraduate Manager ________________________________Drew BieryDirector of Operations ________________________________Justin TadtmanAthletic Trainer ______________________________________Brian Bobier

TEAM INFORMATION2013 Overall Record __________________________________45-19 (.703)2013 Big 12 Record ____________________________________16-8 (.667)2013 Postseason Play ________________________6-3 (NCAA Super Regional)2013 Final Ranking ______________________13 (Baseball America)/14 ABCAConference Finish __________________________________________1stLetterwinners Returning/Lost__________________________________19/10Position Starters Returning/Lost ______________________________5+DH/3Pitchers Returning/Lost ______________________________________8/6Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost ________________________________4/2Newcomers ______________________________________________13

POSITION STARTERS RETURNING (6)Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Pos. Avg.Austin Fisher 6-1 195 Jr. INF .361Ross Kivett 6-1 200 Sr. INF .360Shane Conlon 6-0 185 Jr. INF .341Blair DeBord 5-11 205 Sr. C .327RJ Santigate 6-2 220 Sr. INF .324Mitch Meyer 6-3 185 Jr. OF .281

TOP RETURNING PITCHERSPitcher Ht. Wt. Cl. W-L (S) ERAJake Matthys 5-11 180 So. 9-2 (9) 2.05Nate Williams 6-2 225 Jr. 4-3 2.81Jordan Witcig 6-4 190 So. 0-0 3.68Jared Moore 6-0 200 Sr. 4-0 3.73Matt Wivinis 5-11 190 Jr. 6-2 4.72

Longtime associates of the baseball program, Matt Walters and Brian Smoller begin their 17th year as the primary voices of Kansas Statebaseball in 2014. Walters is in his 20th year at KMAN where he serves as host of the daily talk show, The Game and Powercat Gameday, a pre-gameshow for K-State football. Walters also serves as the play-by-play voice of Manhattan High Football and select K-State womens basketballgames. He also serves as the sideline reporter for K-State football broadcasts and the color analyst for a portion of the K-State basketballbroadcasts on the K-State Sports Network. He was recently named the 2012 Kansas Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscastersand Sportswriters Association (NSSA). Smoller not only handles duties for baseball, but he has also been the play-by-play voice K-State womens basketball for the past nineyears. A long-time voice at KMAN along with Walters, Smoller is in his eighth year at Kansas State as the Director of Powercat Vision/K-StateHD.TV. A 1999 K-State graduate, Smoller has won 16 Kansas Association of Broadcasters awards, including six first place awards forplay-by-play. In 2003, Smoller was named the Oscar Stauffer Sportscaster of the Year. Catch all the excitement of K-State baseball on SportsRadio 1350 KMAN all season long. KMAN broadcasts can be heard on both the AMdial at 1350 in Manhattan and the internet at both the KMAN website (www.1350kman.com) and the official site of K-State Athletics(www.kstatesports.com) using the K-StateHD.TV feature. Walters and Smoller broadcast all Big 12 games and all non-conference baseballgames will be broadcast either on KMAN or online at www.k-statesports.com for the third-straight year. Additionally, KMANs Rob Voelker willhandle play-by-play duties early in the year. The Brad Hill Radio Show will air bi-weekly from 6 until 7 p.m. The show is hosted by Walters. The Brad Hill TV Show airs five times thisspring on K-StateHD.TV/FCS and is hosted by Smoller.

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SCHEDULEBREAKDOWN

GAMESFebruary................................................9March ................................................19April ....................................................17May ....................................................10

Home ..................................................28Road ..................................................25Neutral ..................................................2

Day ....................................................31Night ..................................................24

Monday ................................................1Tuesday ................................................8Wednesday............................................3Thursday ..............................................2Friday..................................................14Saturday ............................................14Sunday................................................13

Conference..........................................24Non-Conference ..................................31 vs. BIG EAST..............................3 vs. Big Ten ................................6 vs. Big West ..............................4 vs. Horizon League ....................3 vs. Missouri Valley ....................2 vs. Mountain West ....................2 vs. The Summit League ............2 vs. WAC ....................................5 vs. West Coast ..........................4

Games vs. 2013 Regional Teams ........12Games vs. Non-Tournament Teams......43

In Kansas............................................29In California ..........................................8In Nebraska ..........................................6In Texas ................................................6In Oklahoma..........................................3In West Virginia ....................................3

In Central Time Zone ..........................44In Pacific Time Zone ..............................8In Eastern Time Zone ............................3

DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME (CT)Friday February 14 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. 8 PMSaturday February 15 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. 8 PMSunday February 16 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. 3 PMTuesday February 18 at San Francisco San Francisco, Calif. 4 PMGael Invitational - Moraga, Calif.Thursday February 20 vs. Portland^ Moraga, Calif. 12 PMFriday February 21 at Saint Marys^ Moraga, Calif. 4 PMSaturday February 22 vs. UC Davis^ Moraga, Calif. 12 PMSunday February 23 at Saint Marys^ Moraga, Calif. 12 PMFriday February 28 MILWAUKEE MANHATTAN 3 PMSaturday March 1 MILWAUKEE MANHATTAN 1 PMSunday March 2 MILWAUKEE MANHATTAN 1 PMTuesday March 4 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 1:35 PMFriday March 7 IOWA MANHATTAN 3 PMSaturday March 8 IOWA MANHATTAN 3 PMSunday March 9 IOWA MANHATTAN 1 PMWednesday March 12 OMAHA MANHATTAN 6:30 PMFriday March 14 NORTHERN COLORADO MANHATTAN 6:30 PMSaturday March 15 NORTHERN COLORADO MANHATTAN 2 PMSunday March 16 NORTHERN COLORADO MANHATTAN 1 PMTuesday March 18 AIR FORCE MANHATTAN 6:30 PMWednesday March 19 AIR FORCE MANHATTAN 3 PMFriday March 21 at Oklahoma* Norman, Okla. 6 PMSaturday March 22 at Oklahoma* Norman, Okla. 2 PMSunday March 23 at Oklahoma* Norman, Okla. 1 PMWednesday March 26 NEBRASKA MANHATTAN 6:30 PMFriday March 28 at Creighton Omaha, Neb. 6:30 PMSaturday March 29 at Creighton Omaha, Neb. 2 PMSunday March 30 at Creighton Omaha, Neb. 1 PMTuesday April 1 at Omaha Omaha, Neb. 6:30 PMFriday April 4 KANSAS* MANHATTAN 6:30 PMSaturday April 5 KANSAS* MANHATTAN 2 PMSunday April 6 KANSAS* MANHATTAN 1 PMTuesday April 8 WICHITA STATE MANHATTAN 6:30 PMFriday April 11 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas 6:30 PMSaturday April 12 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas 3 PMSunday April 13 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas 1 PMTuesday April 15 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 6:35 PMThursday April 17 BAYLOR* MANHATTAN 6:30 PMFriday April 18 BAYLOR* MANHATTAN 6:30 PMSaturday April 19 BAYLOR* MANHATTAN 7 PMMonday April 21 BAKERSFIELD MANHATTAN 6:30 PMTuesday April 22 BAKERSFIELD MANHATTAN 6:30 PMFriday April 25 at West Virginia* Morgantown, W. Va. 5 PMSaturday April 26 at West Virginia* Morgantown, W. Va. 3 PMSunday April 27 at West Virginia* Morgantown, W. Va. 12 PMFriday May 2 at TCU* Fort Worth, Texas 6:30 PMSaturday May 3 at TCU* Fort Worth, Texas 4 PMSunday May 4 at TCU* Fort Worth, Texas 1 PMTuesday May 6 at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. 7 PMFriday May 9 OKLAHOMA STATE* MANHATTAN 6:30 PMSaturday May 10 OKLAHOMA STATE* MANHATTAN 2 PMSunday May 11 OKLAHOMA STATE* MANHATTAN 1 PMFriday May 16 TEXAS* MANHATTAN 6:30 PMSaturday May 17 TEXAS* MANHATTAN 6:30 PMSunday May 18 TEXAS* MANHATTAN 3:30 PMWed.-Sun. May 21-25 Big 12 Championship! Oklahoma City, Okla.

* Big 12 Conference Game^ Gael Invitational at Louis Guisto Field in Moraga, Calif.! Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Okla.

All Dates and Times CENTRAL and TENTATIVEAll Home Games are Played at Tointon Family Stadium

OUTLOOK

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A year after featuring 18 newcomers and turning in the best sin-gle-season in program history K-State baseball has the benefit of19 returning letterwinners entering the 2014 season. The overall 34-man roster is looking to build upon last years unprecedented run.

STARTING PITCHINGThe Wildcats made the 2013 run because they had one of the na-tions top offenses, filled with timely hitting, and a bullpen that wasable to hold on to leads late in games. The group of starting pitchersnever earned its respect despite playing its role at important timesdown the stretch of the regular season. K-State allowed 3.6 runsper game in its final 13 regular season games, nearly a full run lessthan the entire season (4.5 runs per game). The Wildcats went 10-3 over the stretch. Over the course of the entire season, the K-Statepitching staff set a school-record for the aluminum bat era (since1977) with a 3.92 ERA.

Left-hander Joe Flattery and his 13 starts have left (he signed as anundrafted free agent with the Detroit Tigers). Jake Doller, who madenine starts last season, has graduated. All of that means the Wild-cats starting staff will feature less-weary or altogether new performers in 2014.

Despite being a sophomore this season, Levi MaVorhis is the one re-turnee with the most starting experience and is expected to be a keycog in the starting staff. Last season, MaVorhis made four Fridaystarts in Big 12 play, one in the Big 12 Championship tournament,and one in the first game of the Manhattan Regional against WichitaState. In each start, the Wildcats won. MaVorhis finished with a 3.81ERA (13er, 30.2ip) as a starter, helping him be named to the All-Big12 Freshman Team.

Although he did not make a start in 2013, senior left-hander JaredMoore will be given an opportunity to be a member of the Wildcatsrotation this season. The Boulder, Colo. native turned in his finestfall camp this offseason and is ready to step up in his final year withthe Wildcats.

Moore has made seven starts in his career, all of which have takenplace before May 2, 2012. In his seven career starts, Moore is 1-4with a 7.53 ERA (17er, 20.1ip), but with more than a seasons worthof pitching experience since his last start under his belt, Mooresstats as a starter are not reflective of his present abilities.

The remaining portion of the rotation (Sunday and mid-week) hasyet to be determined. The first few weeks of practice will help sep-arate the pack, providing head coach Brad Hill and pitching coachJosh Reynolds with some options by the time the season starts onFeb. 14.

One possibility includes right-hander Matt Wivinis. The DownersGrove, Ill. native has made 17 starts in 42 career appearances, in-cluding 14 starts in 2013. Wivinis ended 2013, however, as a re-liever, limiting opponents to three hits and two runs in 8.0 innings(2.25 ERA) across seven outings. Wivinis even held Oregon Statescoreless in two relief appearances during the Super Regional.

Other candidates to start include redshirt freshmen Colton Kalmusand Nate Griep or any of the true freshmen entering their first seasonat the collegiate level.

BULLPENWith the starting staff not completely defined, the K-State bullpen a strong suit of the 2013 run to the Big 12 championship is amix of impressive returning performers and untested newcomers.

The Wildcats bullpen is at its strongest at the back end, starting withreturning closer and right-handed sophomore, Jake Matthys. TheSpring Lake Park, Minn. native was tabbed by Collegiate Baseballas a Third Team Preseason All-American this year after he garneredseveral accolades in his freshman campaign, including Big 12 Fresh-man of the Year, All-Big 12 First Team, and Baseball America andCollegiate Baseball Freshman All-American.

How did Matthys earn all those honors? By simply rewriting someof K-States record book. Despite making only one start the finalgame of the season Matthys established a K-State freshmanrecord for wins (9), which are also tied for the second-most by anyclass in a single season for the program. He made 33 relief appear-ances, the most by any K-State pitcher, and his 2.05 ERA in 34games is the seventh-best by a Wildcat. The most important metric,though, in which people judge a closer is his saves total and Matthysturned in the most saves by any K-State freshman with nine.

Setting up Matthys was the previous record holder for saves by aK-State freshman, Nate Williams. The right-hander began the seasonas a starter for the Wildcats, going 3-3 with a 4.11 ERA in sevenstarts. The calendar turned to April, though, and Williams flipped hisrole into a reliever a role he seized handily. In 17 relief appear-ances, Williams had a 1.39 ERA (5er, 32.1ip), 24 strikeouts and 14walks.

A few other options in the bullpen with prior Division I experienceinclude Wivinis, Landon Busch and Jordan Witcig. While Wivinis hasstarting experience, sophomore southpaw Busch pitched exclusivelyout of the bullpen in 2013. The Brookings, S.D. native posted a 4.58ERA in his first collegiate season, but he did hold opponents to asub-.200 batting average all season, including a .100 averageagainst in four Big 12 outings.

Similar to Busch, Witcig held opponents to a sub-.200 batting aver-age, with Witcig limiting opponents to 10 hits and seven walks in14 2/3 innings throughout the season. Overall as a reliever in hisfreshman season, Witcig posted a 2.45 ERA (3er, 11.0ip) in eightgames (He made one spot start in the Big 12 Championships againstOklahoma, allowing three runs in 3.2 innings).

The majority of the pitching staff is inexperienced at the Division Ilevel, but that is a familiar storyline to the Wildcats. Last season,the K-State pitching staff featured seven letterwinners and 10 fresh-men. This year, the story is about the same: eight returning lettermenand eight newcomers (five true freshmen, two redshirt freshmenand a junior transfer).

After redshirting in 2013, Griep and Kalmus are expected to play asignificant role for the Wildcats in 2014. Kalmus is a former three-sport athlete at Rowlett High School, registering a 1.66 ERA in hisjunior and senior seasons. Griep, meanwhile, will be looking to em-bark on his college career after being named a Louisville SluggerHigh School All-American and Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Yearwhile at Millard West High School in Omaha, Nebraska.

Jake Whaley, a 64 right-hander from Marshalltown, Iowa, arrivesin Manhattan after pitching for Marshalltown Community College forthe last two seasons. The junior transfer is a strikeout pitcher as hetallied 59 punchouts in 44.2 innings last season. He even has a no-hitter to his name when he fanned nine and walked one in a seven-inning contest on May 6, 2012.

The group of five true freshmen include southpaw Jordan Floyd(Kansas 2013 Class 5A co-Pitcher of the Year, as selected byKansas Association of Baseball Coaches, and the Yankees 25th-round draft pick in last years draft); Jake Fromson (product of LeesSummit High School in Missouri and the Building Champions base-ball academy); Ethan Landon (first team all-state selection in hissophomore and junior years at Lincoln Southwest High School inSioux Falls, S.D.); Jon Roblez (Class 4A All-Kansas First Team in2013); and Braxton Wilks (a two-way player out of Episcopal HighSchool in Houston, Texas, posting a 1.29 ERA and batting .380 inhis senior season).

CATCHERSSenior Blair DeBord leads a group of catchers that includes sopho-more Alex Bee and freshman Tanner DeVinny. DeBord was a semifi-nalist for the Johnny Bench award in 2013 after batting .327 with11 doubles and 37 RBI in 60 games. Bee played in 12 games as afreshman last season, including one start at Kansas. DeVinny, mean-

while, enters his first season at K-State. The Lucas, Texas nativewas named all-state in 2013 by coaches and writers, and theswitch-hitter figures to see time as the designated hitter this seasonfor the Wildcats.

OUTFIELDThe biggest losses from the 2013 season are evident when lookingat the outfield. Despite the departures of All-Big 12 players JaredKing and Tanner Witt along with the reliable Jon Davis, K-State hassome returnees looking to help fill the gaps.

A player expected to step up is junior Mitch Meyer. The Stilwell,Kansas native batted .289 (36-for-128) with five doubles, five triplesand four home runs last season, but within those overall numberslies a .340 batting average with seven extra-base hits against Big12 opponents. Meyer split his time between right field and desig-nated hitter, but with all three starting roles open in the outfield,Meyer expects to be more of a stalwart in the K-State outfield in2014. Over a nine-game stretch last May in which the Wildcatswon seven games Meyer hit .429 (15-for-35) with 13 RBI.

Another candidate for the outfield starters is Clayton Dalrymple. Thesophomore played in 34 games as a true freshman last season, pri-marily as a late-game substitution or pinch hitter, and batted .343(12-for-35) with six RBI and two stolen bases. He did pick up threestarts, including two in center field and one in left.

The Coppell, Texas native enjoyed a strong fall camp this past off-season as he earned the Wildcat Ironman and Hustle awards, show-ing hard work every day of camp and improving the most amongK-State position players.

Other candidates for playing time in the outfield are a pair of juniorswho have made it to the 2014 season in different fashions. KyleSpeer, a native of Manhattan, played in 23 games last season, in-cluding seven starts as the designated hitter and two in right field.The left-handed Speer has logged 55 games in his K-State career.

Junior transfer Max Brown arrives in Manhattan after spending thelast two years at Bellevue College in Washington. The Washingtonnative hit .339 in his freshman season at Bellevue and then hit.378 with 21 extra-base hits and 17 stolen bases in his sophomorecampaign. Brown, who was named 2011 KingCo 3A Player of theYear in high school and Pacific Association Division All-American in2013, competed with the New Zealand national team in the 2013World Baseball Classic qualifiers (Browns father was born in NewZealand).

Another pair of transfers to provide depth includes junior Nate Haleand sophomore Brooks DeBord. Hale played junior college baseballat Cochise College in Arizona, batting .367 with 9 doubles, 3 triples,35 RBI and a .511 on-base percentage in his sophomore season.DeBord, younger brother of catcher Blair DeBord, spent his freshmanyear at Hutchinson Community College. He played in 45 games forthe Blue Dragons in 2013, scoring 20 runs and posting a .409 OBP.

INFIELDWhen a group of four players bats .324 or higher in a season and ison base more than 40% of the time as the K-State starting infielddid in 2013 one would enjoy having such a group return the nextseason. Thankfully for the Wildcats, that hope is a reality.

All four starters from last years conference-winning team firstbaseman Shane Conlon, second baseman Ross Kivett, shortstopAustin Fisher and third baseman RJ Santigate return in 2014, pro-viding veteran leadership for the younger Wildcats.

After stellar seasons, Conlon and Kivett were selected in the 2013MLB Draft, with Kivett being taken by Cleveland in the 10th roundand Conlon being drafted in the 21st round by Kansas City. Despitethe prospects of a future pro career, both Kivett and Conlon electedto forgo signing professional contracts and decided to return to K-State.

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YEAR NO. 114The 2014 season marks the 114th in the history of K-State Baseball. The program began in 1897 andhas played every year with the exception of the 1918, 1943, 1944 and 1945 seasons. Entering thisyear, the Wildcats have an all-time program record of 1,705-1,686-10 (.503), helped by a mark of 188-115-1 (.620) mark over the past five seasons. This season marks the first time K-State enters a newcampaign with a winning all-time record since 1993 when the Wildcats were 1,115-1,109-6 (.501). K-State has compiled a winning record in four of the last five seasons and eight .500-or-better campaignsin the last nine years. The 188 wins over the last five seasons are a program-record for a five-yearwindow in its 113-year history.

POSITIVE RETURNSK-State returns 19 letterwinners from last years Big 12championship team, a group of lettermen that includes 10upperclassmen (4 seniors and 6 juniors). The K-State offense,which had the second-best batting average in the country in2013, returns more than 60% of its production in nearly everymajor offensive category. The Wildcats had a program-record708 hits in 2013, and in 2014, 65% of those hits from a yearago return. The Wildcats top two hitters from 2013, juniorAustin Fisher (.361, 20 2B, 38 RBI) and senior Ross Kivett(.360, 22 extra-base hits, 39 RBI, 26 SB), are two of the fivereturning starting position players.

In 2013, due to its unprecedented run to the NCAA Super Re-gional round, the Wildcats set program-records for inningspitched. The K-State pitching staff returns two-thirds of thoseinnings pitched. Also, the Wildcats have a group of pitchersthat started 42 of K-States 64 games last season as well as34 of its 45 wins.

FILLING IN THE RANKSFor the first time in program history, K-State has been ranked in national Top 25 preseason polls, peakingas high as No. 21 in the USA Today preseason Coaches Poll. The Wildcats were also ranked No. 22 inboth the Baseball America and Perfect Game preseason polls while being slotted at No. 28 in the Col-legiate Baseball newspapers Preseason Fab 40. The Wildcats had finished the 2013 ranked as highas No. 13 (Baseball America), the programs best final ranking ever.

PRESEASON FAVORITESFor the first time in program history, K-State was voted to fin-ish first in the Big 12 preseason coaches poll. K-State pickedup five first-place votes to finish with 56 points, while the topfour teams were seperated by just six points. The Wildcatshad never been picked higher than fifth in the previous 16years of the poll. Last season, K-State was voted to finish sev-enth before the Wildcats went on to win the Big 12 title. Fiveteams have been picked to finish first in the preseasoncoaches polls history, with the last being Texas in 2010.

PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANSAfter winning the Big 12 Player of the Year award and being named an All-American by three differentorganizations, senior Ross Kivett has been named to four different preseason All-American First Teamsentering 2014. The second baseman was named to the preseason All-America First Team for BaseballAmerica, Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA and Perfect Game, his first preseason All-American honors ofhis career.

Right-handed pitcher Jake Matthys also earned a preseason All-American nod. The Big 12s 2013 Fresh-man of the Year was named to Collegiate Baseballs preseason All-American Third Team. Matthys isthe first sophomore in K-State history to earn a preseason All-America accolade.

HILL NEAR THE TOPBrad Hill enters his 11th season as head coach of K-State Baseball, making him tied with Charles Cour-saut (1925-34, 1939) for the third-longest tenured coach in K-State history. Hills 338 career wins withK-State are the second-most in program history, trailing his predecessor Mike Clark (1987-2003) andhis 435 victories. Hills career winning percentage of .585 (338-239-3) as K-State head coach is thethird-best in program history, behind Mike Ahearn (.734, 93-33-1) and Coursaut (.627, 86-51-1). Hillhas been named Big 12 Coach of the Year twice in his career, first in 2009 and again in 2013.

NATIONS ELITEAfter 10 years of building K-State into a national power, Brad Hill has also established himself as oneof the winningest coaches in the nation. Entering 2014, Hill is sixth among active coaches with a .693career winning percentage (756-334-3) at four-year institutions. The five coaches that rank above Hillin best career winning percentage are Mike Fox (.747, North Carolina), Mike Martin (.743, Florida State),Brian OConnor (.740, Virginia), Wayne Graham (.714, Rice) and Jim Morris (.694, Miami).

KNOW YOUR ENEMYThe Wildcats 22 opponents featured in the 2014 schedule combined to go 654-582 (.529) in 2013,with five of the 22 teams - Cal Poly, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, San Francisco and Wichita State -reaching at least the NCAA Regional round. Four opponents won their respective conference titles aswell.

RECORD PLAYERThe Wildcats established 13 new team records in 2013, beginning with a program-best 45 wins. K-State also tallied its most conference wins (16), hits (708), sacrifice flies (40), ERA (3.92), lowest op-ponent batting average (.262), fewest hits allowed per 9.0 innings (9.0), saves (19), innings pitched(569.0), total chances (2503), putouts (1707), assists (732) and games played (64).

TOP 10Senior Ross Kivett, who was drafted by theCleveland Indians in the 10th round of the MLBDraft last June but did not sign, is poised tocrack the top 10 in K-States record books forseveral categories. Kivett is already among K-States career leaders in sacrifice hits (23, T-2nd), stolen bases (59, 4th), hit by pitch (23,T-10th), and triples (10, T-10th).

HittingAt-Bats 64.6% (1421 of 2199)Runs 61.1% (252 of 412)Hits 65% (460 of 708)Doubles 62.6% (72 of 115)Triples 64.3% (18 of 28)Home Runs 55.2% (16 of 29)RBI 61.3% (225 of 367)Walks 59.8% (146 of 244)Hit-By-Pitch 62.5% (60 of 96)Steals 68.7% (68 of 99)

PitchingWins 75.6% (34 of 45)Saves 52.6% (10 of 19)Starts 65.6% (42 of 64)Innings 67.0% (381.1 of 569)Strikeouts 67.2% (256 of 381)

Whats Returning

Kivett has already received accolades entering the 2014 season, in-cluding preseason All-American nods from Baseball America,NCBWA, Collegiate Baseball newspaper and Perfect Game. Kivettis the first Wildcat in program history to earn four preseason All-Americans.

Conlon, meanwhile, turned in a strong fall camp, earning the GoldGlove award, an honor given to the top defensive player throughoutthe 45 days worth of practice. Last season, his first as a full-timefirst baseman after pitching during his freshman and injury-short-ened sophomore year, Conlon also tied for the team-lead in homeruns with seven.

While the right side of the infield is stable, the left side boasts justas much talent. Fisher batted just under .300 his freshman seasonin 2012, collecting 13 hits in 33 games. Last season, though, Fisherbroke out to not only hit well over .300 and nearly set a single-sea-son doubles record for K-State, but he led the Big 12s best offensein batting average with a .361 clip. Fisher, who was a semifinalistfor the Brooks Wallace Award given to the nations top shortstop stepped up in Big 12 play, batting .412 with 17 RBI and 18 runsscored.

Conlon, Kivett and Fisher were each named to the All-Big 12 FirstTeam last season, rightfully so. One infielder who did not receivesuch honors, however, was Santigate, despite the Las Vegas nativehitting .324 with 29 RBI and a .409 OBP over the course of the sea-son. Santigate started all 60 of the games he played in and hasstarted 90 of the 110 contests he has played in while at K-State.

With a strong core of starting infielders, the Wildcats have depth ateach position as well to provide stability over the course of the four-month season. Sophomores Lance Miles and Jake Wodtke are re-turning letterwinners, with both appearing in double-digit games lastseason. Wodtke played in 10 games, all off the bench, while Milesstarted in 14 of his 31 games. A native of The Woodlands, Texas,Miles batted .241 over the entire season, but in Big 12 action, heregistered a .368 average (7-for-19) with five RBI. Miles played inevery K-State game down starting May 17, seeing time in the Big12 Championship, Regional and Super Regional.

Carter Yagi is the veteran of the two transfers in the infield. The sec-ond baseman from Salt Lake City, Utah played his first two collegiateseasons at the College of Southern Idaho. The left-handed hitter hasa knack for outworking his opponents and carries with him to K-

State a .356 career batting average in junior college and 23 doublesand 38 stolen bases.

Sophomore transfer Taylor Anderson is no stranger to Big 12 baseball.Anderson is the son of former Nebraska head coach and currentOklahoma hitting coach Mike Anderson. The younger Anderson isa switch hitter who sat out all of 2013 while attending Cuesta Collegein California due to a medical redshirt. The Lincoln Southwest HighSchool product played his freshman season with Northern Colorado,playing in 41 games and batting .271 (26-for-96) with the Bears.

The lone freshman infielder is Tyler Stover. Stover, a rare Wildcatfrom California, was his conferences player of the year during hissenior season, which not only helped him earn a scholarship offerfrom K-State but also be drafted in the 40th round of the MLB Draftthis past summer by the Colorado Rockies. Stovers father, Scott, isthe head baseball coach at Solana College (JC) in California.

The infielders will look to provide stability in the field and in thelineup, helping the rest of the team adjust to new roles in 2014 - aswell as new expectations after last years Big 12 championship andrun to a Super Regional.

Category Current Total To enter top 10, needs...Hits 207 8Games 170 17Games Started 160 17Runs 132 19At-Bats 641 43Doubles 29 15

Ross Kivett Approaching Career Top 10sTeam (1st Place Votes) Points1. K-State (5) 562. Oklahoma State (2) 51

TCU (1) 514. Texas (1) 505. Oklahoma 376. Baylor 267. West Virginia 238. Texas Tech 189. Kansas 12

Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll

TV/RADIO ROSTER

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JakeWODTKE1

SO-1L 5-9 170INF R/R

Shawnee, Kan. (St. James Academy)

AustinFISHER3

JR-2L 6-1 195INF L/R

Lenexa, Kan. (Olathe Northwest)

TannerDEVINNY4

FR-HS 5-9 200C S/R

Lucas, Texas (Lovejoy)

ClaytonDALRYMPLE5

SO-1L 6-1 190OF R/R

Coppell, Texas (Coppell)

CarterYAGI6

JR-JC 5-9 165OF L/R

Salt Lake City, Utah (College of Southern Iadho)

RossKIVETT7

SR-3L 6-1 200INF R/R

Broadview Heights, Ohio (St. Edward)

LanceMILES8

SO-1L 5-10 180INF R/R

The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands)

BlairDEBORD9

SR-3L 5-11 205C R/R

Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan)

AlexBEE10

SO-1L 5-11 185C L/R

Chatham, Ill. (Glenwood)

JakeMATTHYS12

SO-1L 5-11 180RHP R/R

Spring Lake Park, Minn. (Spring Lake Park)

BraxtonWILKS13

FR-HS 5-11 175LHP/OF L/L

Houston, Texas (Episcopal)

ColtonKALMUS14

FR-RS 6-2 190RHP R/R

Rowlett, Texas (Rowlett)

ShaneCONLON15

JR-3L 6-1 190INF L/L

Naperville, Ill. (Central)

MaxBROWN16

JR-JC 6-5 200OF R/R

North Bend, Wash. (Bellevue CC)

NateHALE17

JR-JC 5-9 180OF L/R

Las Vegas, Nev. (Cochise College)

BrooksDEBORD19

SO-JC 5-9 190OF R/R

Manhattan, Kan. (Hutchinson CC)

MattWIVINIS20

JR-2L 5-11 190RHP R/R

Downers Grove, Ill. (South)

LandonBUSCH21

SO-1L 6-1 200LHP L/L

Brookings, S.D. (Brookings)

JakeFROMSON22

FR-HS 5-10 175RHP R/R

Lees Summit, Mo. (Lees Summit)

BlakeMCFADDEN23

SO-1L 6-1 200RHP R/R

Savannah, Mo. (Savannah)

TV/RADIO ROSTER

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LeviMAVORHIS29


Freeland, Wash. (Archbishop Murphy)

NateGRIEP24

FR-RS 6-2 185RHP R/R

Omaha, Neb. (Millard West)

TaylorANDERSON26

SO-JC 6-1 190INF S/R

Aurora, Colo. (Cuesta College)

KyleSPEER27

JR-2L 6-4 210OF L/L

Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan)

RJSANTIGATE28

SR-2L 6-2 220INF L/R

Las Vegas, Nev. (Central Arizona College)

JordanFLOYD30

FR-HS 6-2 230LHP L/L

Tecumseh, Kan. (Shawnee Heights)

JordanWITCIG31


Kansas City, Mo. (Staley)

TylerSTOVER32

FR-HS 6-3 210INF R/R

Vacaville, Calif. (Vacaville)

JaredMOORE33

SR-3L 6-0 200LHP L/L

Boulder, Colo. (Boulder)

JakeWHALEY34

JR-JC 6-4 230RHP R/R

Marshalltown, Iowa (Marshalltown CC)

MitchMEYER35

JR-2L 6-3 185OF L/R

Stilwell, Kan. (Blue Valley HS)

EthanLANDON36


Sioux Falls, S.D. (Lincoln)

JonROBLEZ44


Roeland Park, Kan. (Bishop Ward)

NateWILLIAMS45

JR-2L 6-2 225RHP R/R

Valley Center, Kan. (Valley Center)

BradHILL11Head Coach11th Season

MikeCLEMENT25

Hitting CoachSecond Season

JoshREYNOLDS2

Pitching CoachFourth Season

BlakeKANGAS18

Volunteer Assistant CoachSecond Season

TrevorHURLEY44

Graduate ManagerSecond Season

DrewBIERY

Undergraduate ManagerThird Season

ROSTER

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BY CLASSFreshmen ______________________9Sophomores __________________11Juniors ______________________10Seniors ______________________4

BY POSITIONRight-Handed Pitchers ____________12Left-Handed Pitchers ______________4Catchers ______________________3Infielders ______________________9Outfielders ____________________6

BY STATECalifornia ______________________1Colorado ______________________2Illinois ________________________3Iowa ________________________1Kansas ______________________9Minnesota ____________________1Missouri ______________________3Nebraska ______________________1Nevada ______________________2Ohio ________________________1South Dakota __________________2

Texas ________________________5Utah ________________________1Washington ____________________2

PRONUNCIATIONLandon BUSCH ______________BUSHShane CONLON ______________CON-linClayton DALRYMPLE ______DAL-rimp-uhlDEBORD ________________DA-boardTanner DeVINNY __________DUH-vinnyJake FROMSON____________FRAHM-sinNate GRIEP ________________GREEP

Colton KALMUS ____________CAL-mussRoss KIVETT ________________KIV-itJake MATTHYS ______________MATH-isLevi MAVORHIS __________muh-VOR-isJon ROBLEZ________________Ro-BLEZRJ SANTIGATE __________SANT-a-gateJordan WITCIG ______________WIT-sigMatt WIVINIS ____________WIV-uh-nessJake WODTKE ____________WOOD-keyCarter YAGI ________________YAH-gee

26 Anderson, Taylor10 Bee, Alex16 Brown, Max21 Busch, Landon15 Conlon, Shane5 Dalrymple, Clayton9 DeBord, Blair19 DeBord, Brooks4 DeVinny, Tanner3 Fisher, Austin30 Floyd, Jordan22 Fromson, Jake24 Griep, Nate17 Hale, Nate14 Kalmus, Colton7 Kivett, Ross36 Landon, Ethan12 Matthys, Jake29 MaVorhis, Levi23 McFadden, Blake35 Meyer, Mitch8 Miles, Lance33 Moore, Jared37 Roblez, Jon28 Santigate, RJ27 Speer, Kyle32 Stover, Tyler34 Whaley, Jake13 Wilks, Braxton45 Williams, Nate31 Witcig, Jordan20 Wivinis, Matt1 Wodtke, Jake6 Yagi, Carter

NO. NAME POS HT WT YR-EX B/T HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL)1 Jake Wodtke IF 5-9 170 So.-1L R/R Shawnee, Kan. (St. James Academy)3 Austin Fisher IF 6-1 195 Jr.-2L L/R Lenexa, Kan. (Olathe Northwest)4 Tanner DeVinny C 5-9 200 Fr.-HS S/R Lucas, Texas (Lovejoy HS)5 Clayton Dalrymple OF 6-1 190 So.-1L R/R Coppell, Texas (Coppell HS)6 Carter Yagi IF 5-9 165 Jr.-JC L/R Salt Lake City, Utah (College of Southern Idaho)7 Ross Kivett IF 6-1 200 Sr.-3L R/R Broadview Heights, Ohio (St. Edward)8 Lance Miles IF 5-10 180 So.-1L R/R The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands HS)9 Blair DeBord C 5-11 205 Sr.-3L R/R Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan HS)10 Alex Bee C 5-11 185 So.-1L L/R Chatham, Ill. (Glenwood HS)12 Jake Matthys RHP 5-11 180 So.-1L R/R Spring Lake Park, Minn. (Spring Lake Park)13 Braxton Wilks LHP/OF 5-11 175 Fr.-HS L/L Houston, Texas (Episcopal HS)14 Colton Kalmus RHP 6-2 190 R-Fr.-RS R/R Rowlett, Texas (Rowlett HS)15 Shane Conlon IF 6-1 190 Jr.-3L L/L Naperville, Ill. (Naperville Central HS)16 Max Brown OF 6-5 200 Jr.-JC R/R North Bend, Wash. (Bellevue College)17 Nate Hale OF 5-9 180 Jr.-JC L/R Las Vegas, Nev. (Cochise College)19 Brooks DeBord OF 5-9 190 So.-JC R/R Manhattan, Kan. (Hutchinson CC)20 Matt Wivinis RHP 5-11 190 Jr.-2L R/R Downers Grove, Ill. (Downers Grove South)21 Landon Busch LHP 6-1 200 So.-1L L/L Brookings, S.D. (Brookings HS)22 Jake Fromson RHP 5-10 175 Fr.-HS R/R Lees Summit, Mo. (Lees Summit HS)23 Blake McFadden RHP 6-1 200 So.-1L R/R Savannah, Mo. (Savannah HS)24 Nate Griep RHP 6-2 185 R-Fr.-RS R/R Omaha, Neb. (Millard West HS)26 Taylor Anderson IF 6-1 190 So.-JC S/R Aurora, Colo. (Cuesta College)27 Kyle Speer OF 6-4 210 Jr.-2L L/L Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan HS)28 RJ Santigate IF 6-2 220 Sr.-2L L/R Las Vegas, Nev. (Central Arizona College)29 Levi MaVorhis RHP 6-1 195 So.-1L R/R Freeland, Wash. (Archbishop Murphy HS)30 Jordan Floyd LHP 6-2 230 Fr.-HS L/L Tecumseh, Kan. (Shawnee Heights HS)31 Jordan Witcig RHP 6-4 185 So.-1L R/R Kansas City, Mo. (Staley HS)32 Tyler Stover IF 6-3 210 Fr.-HS R/R Vacaville, Calif. (Vacaville HS)33 Jared Moore LHP 6-0 200 Sr.-3L L/L Boulder, Colo. (Boulder)34 Jake Whaley RHP 6-4 230 Jr.-JC R/R Marshalltown, Iowa (Marshalltown CC)35 Mitch Meyer OF 6-3 185 Jr.-2L L/R Stilwell, Kan. (Blue Valley HS)36 Ethan Landon RHP 6-4 200 Fr.-HS R/R Sioux Falls, S.D. (Lincoln Southwest HS)44 Jon Roblez RHP 6-3 210 Fr.-HS R/R Roeland Park, Kan. (Bishop Ward HS)45 Nate Williams RHP 6-2 225 Jr.-2L R/R Valley Center, Kan. (Valley Center HS) STAFF11 Brad Hill Head Coach (11th Season)25 Mike Clement Hitting Coach (Second Season)2 Josh Reynolds Pitching Coach (Fourth Season)18 Blake Kangas Volunteer Assistant Coach (Second Season)44 Trevor Hurley Graduate Manager (Second Season) Justin Tadtman Director of Baseball Operations (Seventh Season) Tyler Looney Strength and Conditioning Coach (First Season) Drew Biery Undergraduate Manager (Third Season) Brian Bobier Athletic Trainer (Second Season)

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HEAD COACH BRAD HILL

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Hard work and determination have fueled K-State baseball since Brad Hill was introducedas the 20th head coach in program history during the summer of 2003. And, in just 10years, Hill has taken a program that was coming off six-straight seasons of bottom-halfBig 12 finishes and turned it into a national power.

During his time as the K-State skipper, Hill has guided the Wildcats from the depths of theleague to four NCAA Regional appearances, a Super Regional berth and the first conferencechampionship since 1933. The success, which reached an all-time high in 2013, is a con-tinuation of a stellar career in which Hill has amassed a winning percentage of .693 (756-334-3) at four-year schools, which ranks sixth nationally among active coaches.

Hill has also had a keen eye on evaluating talent and then developing those players as hissquads have produced 52 draft selections since 2005, including 33 in the past five yearsalone and 27 that went undrafted out of high school. K-State has seen an increase eachyear of players taken in the MLB Draft, capped by a school record four top-10 round draftpicks in 2011. In 2013, Jared King was drafted in the fifth round to give K-State five top-five round draft picks since 2009, equaling the total of the previous 43 years combined.

K-State baseball players have also gained numerous national accolades under Hill's guid-ance. In the first 106 years of the program, the Wildcats accumulated 14 All-Americandesignations, while K-State has produced 20 All-America honors in the last seven seasonsalone, including first team honors by A.J. Morris (2009) and James Allen (2011).

Not only has Kansas State baseball excelled on the field, but Hill has put an emphasis onhis players' performance in the classroom. Under Hill, the Cats have had 53 Academic All-Big 12 selections as well as seven Academic All-District honors and two Academic All-Americans (Brett Scott in 2007 and 2008; Jason King in 2011). In addition, K-State'sAcademic Progress Rate (APR) has steadily improved, now reflecting an outstanding four-year average of 954.

The 2013 season proved to be the most storied in program history as Hill's players formeda unity unlike any other team early in fall camp and used that resilient togetherness toproduce the school record for wins, the program's first Big 12 Championship and a NCAARegional host site selection, while the Wildcats finished just one win shy of reaching theCollege World Series.

K-State, which was predicted to finish seventh in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches' Poll, madethe biggest jump by a regular-season championship in league history as the Wildcats brokethe school record for conference victories with 16. Teamed with the football and men'sbasketball titles in 2012-13, the baseball team completed a feat of conference champi-onships in one academic year that had only been accomplished one other time in Big 12history and just three other times nationally during the BCS era.

K-State, which set a school record for final ranking at 13th, used the Big 12 Championshipand momentum in the conference tournament to secure a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tourna-ment. The Wildcats, who were making just their fourth ever NCAA Regional appearance,swept the NCAA Manhattan Regional with wins over in-state rival Wichita State, Bryantand 13th-ranked Arkansas.

Hill, who was named the 2013 Big 12 Coach of the Year and ABCA Midwest Region Coachof the Year, saw a school-record seven players earn All-Big 12 First Team honors, includingPlayer of the Year Ross Kivett, Freshman of the Year Jake Matthys and Co-Scholar Athleteof the Year Jared King. Both Kivett and King went on to earn All-America accolades.

For a second-straight season, Hill got the most out of his team when it counted the mostas he led the Wildcats to the postseason for the sixth-straight season in 2012. K-Statewon its way to the Big 12 Championship as it took two-of-three from Kansas in the homefinale before winning the first two games in the regular-season series finale at Texas Tech just the third series win in Lubbock in school history. Additionally, Hill tutored at least

Full NameBrad L. HillBirthdateMay 2, 1962, in Wichita, Kan.EducationEmporia State University, B.S. in Physical Education, 1985Playing ExperienceLettered four seasons at Emporia State (1981-84)Played four seasons in the Texas Rangers organization (1984-87)Coaching ExperienceHutchinson Community College, Head Coach (1988-90)Kansas, Assistant Coach (1991-94)Central Missouri State, Head Coach (1995-2003)Kansas State, Head Coach (2004-Present)

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