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1 CONTENTS Information Season Preview Roster Husky Returners Husky Newcomers Head Coach Ken Knutson Assistant Coaches Baseball Staff Statistics Results Pac-10 Review Year in Review Yearly Hitting Leaders Yearly Pitching Leaders Husky Single-Season Records Husky Career Records Husky Team Records Huskies in the Pros Year-by-Year Results All-Pac-10 & All-America Postseason History All-Time Lettermen Husky Hall of Fame All-Century Team Pac-10 Opponents Non-Conference Opponents Series History Baseball Facilities Husky Experience Credits: The 2003 Washington Baseball Media Guide was written, edited and designed by Jeff Bechthold. The guide was laid out and pasted up completely inhouse on desktop publishing applications. Photos by Bruce Terami, Joanie Komura, C.W. Pack, Ethan Janson, Frank Ragsdale, Jimmy Reynolds, Jeff Bechthold, Jim Daves and Marc McClintock. All front cover photos by Komura. Printing by University of Washington Publications Services (Judy Robertson). Any additions or corrections (especially to the lettermen list) are welcome. at Loyola Marymount 2003 BASEBALL SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 1 MAY NCAA NCAA Regionals Regionals Home games shaded. All times local to site. games on March 7-9 vs. Washington State and March at Oregon State are non-conference games games on Feb. 7-9 are at the Battle at the Beach, Malibu, Calif. games on Feb. 28-March 2 are at Lancaster Tournament, Lancaster, Calif. BASEBALL QUICK FACTS Location: Seattle, Wash., Founded: November 4, 1861 Enrollment: 25,000 Nickname: Huskies Colors: Purple & Gold School Song: Bow Down to Washington Interim President: Dr. Lee L. Huntsman Director of Athletics: Barbara Hedges Athletic Dept. Phone: (206) Faculty Representative: Robert Aronson Senior Associate Director: Marie Tuite Director of Ticketing: Wendy Brown Ticket Office Phone: (206) Events Manager: Scott Baebler Event Mgmt. Phone: (206) Asst. Athletic Director / Media Relations Director: Jim Daves Assistant Media Relations Director (baseball): Jeff Bechthold Media Relations Phone: (206) Media Relations Fax: (206) Bechthold Home & Cell Phone: (206) Bechthold bechtold@u.washington.edu Home Field: Husky Ballpark (turf infield / grass outfield; 2,000; opened 1998) Dimensions: 327 (LF line), 365 (gaps), 395 (CF), 317 (RF line) Press Box Phone: (206) Head Coach: Ken Knutson (Washington 81), 11th year Knutson s Career Record: (10 years) Knutson s Record at UW: (10 years) Associate Head Coach: Joe Ross (Wisconsin-River Falls 82), 11th year Assistant Coaches: Travis Jewett (Washington State 93), second year Gregg Swenson (Western Washington 94), second year Undergraduate Assistant Coach: Jeremiah Porter (Washington 03), first year Strength & Conditioning Coach: Daniel Jahn (Washington 02), first year Administrative Assistant: Sherry Eischen Baseball Phone: (206) Athletic Trainer: Pat Jenkins Graduate Certified Trainer: Sean Weaver Training Room Phone: (206) Equipment Manager: Jim Hagland Student Manager: Andrew Schatz Equipment Room Phone: (206) Audio Technician: Peter Young Public Address Announcer: Bill Abelson Conference: Pacific Record: (15-9, tie-third) Lettermen Returning/Lost: 23/12 Newcomers: 16 University of Washington Athletics Official Web Site: Coaches addresses: Ken Knutson coachk@u.washington.edu Joe Ross joeross@u.washington.edu Travis Jewett tjewett@u.washington.edu Gregg Swenson Gdswens@aol.com Gonzaga 2 p.m. Gonzaga APRIL Mar. 30 Mar at UBC Oregon Oregon Stanford (exhib.) State State 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m at Arizona at Arizona 7 p.m. 7 p.m at Kansas at Kansas State State 7 p.m. CT 12 p.m. CT California I N F O R M A T I O N at Loyola at Loyola Marymount Marymount 2 p.m vs. Houston 10 a.m. Oregon State at Arizona at vs. Pepperdine UCSB 2 p.m. 10 a.m vs. Gonzaga San Diego 10 a.m. Hawaii- Hawaii- Hilo (DH) Hilo 2:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m Lewis- Clark St. 6:30 p.m. California 6:30 p.m. California vs. San Diego St. 9:30 a.m at at at at at UC Irvine Portland Portland Stanford Stanford 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m at Wash. at Wash. State State 6 p.m at Wash. State Portland Portland at UCLA at UCLA 12 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m Arizona State at UCLA MARCH 1 vs. CS Northridge 2 p.m Wash. Wash. State State 6:30 p.m CS CS Wash. State CS Northridge at Oregon at Oregon State State Northridge Northridge 3 p.m. 6:30 p.m Arizona State USC at UC Irvine 6 p.m. at UC Irvine 6 p.m. Arizona State USC USC 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m

2 2 For the first time since the Pac-10 merged its Northern and Southern baseball divisions in 1999, the Washington baseball team enters a new season on the heels of an NCAA Regional appearance the year before. Washington was mired in the midst of a disappointing season midway through the 2002 campaign, but turned its fortunes completely around in the second half, ending the year in third place in the powerful Pac-10 and earning a trip to an NCAA Regional in Rice. The Huskies used a Jay Garthwaite three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to force Rice into a second championship game, but ran out of gas in the finale. This year, the UW baseball team has its sites set higher. The big thing is that we have a lot of experience, says Ken Knutson, who enters his 11th year as the Huskies head coach in That s not so unusual. But we have a chance to play no entirely new starters at any position on a given day. We could run out nine guys that have started a lot during their career. That experience creates our nucleus on the mound and in the field. We had some very good players leave the program, but we have plenty of good players back. It s their time. They just need to step up into their roles. PITCHERS The Huskies received a welcomed surprise when righty Sean White decided to return for his senior season. White, one of the UW s top draft prospects in 2002, slipped to the later rounds after (seemingly unfounded) concerns about his arm. White didn t miss a start and won his last six decisions before another strong summer in the Cape Cod League. Whitey was one of our key guys and his success paralleled the team s, Coach Knutson says. He had a rough early period then caught fire down the stretch. We didn t feel like we d get him back. We felt that he was perhaps our top junior prospect last Sophomore pitcher Will Fenton S E A S O N O U T L O O K season. He should be one of the top pitchers in the conference. A second returning starter to the Husky rotation is junior Clay Johnson, who emerged as a reliable weekend starter late last season. Clay, like White, struggled early, says Knutson, then he added a slider and that gave him an out pitch. After that, he pitched well and competed. He was outstanding in the regional. The third spot in the weekend rotation is technically still up for grabs, as are the fourth and fifth spots. However, junior Trevor Gibson, who has spent his first two years pitching exclusively out of the bullpen, emerged as the top candidate after an outstanding fall practice season. We felt really good about Gibson, Knutson says. He had a rough 2002 due to some unusual injuries. Early on, though, he was a key bullpen guy. Now he ll need to compete for a starting position. He was our No. 1 guy last fall. Entering the season, Knutson has a long list of pitchers that could see time as starters or relievers. He hopes that performance and circumstance will sort things out shortly after the season begins. Senior Scott Robertson, juniors Brian Carter, Jeff Petersen, Joel Villalobos, Trent Baysinger and sophomores Will Fenton, David Dowling and Josh Conover finished the fall as the coach s top choices for those early-season innings. Fenton will probably be a silver bullet for me, Knutson says of the right-hander fire-baller who finished as the teams top reliever as a freshman in He s got a great arm and four good pitches. He has a chance to be one of the best arms we ve had since I ve been here. Last year, he was our top freshman contributor on the mound along with Dowling, but they re radically different pitchers. Dowling is a left-hander breaking ball specialist with excellent command who worked his way up the depth to start several games last year, including in the conference season. Carter, another southpaw, made a major jump last season and was a regular bullpen contributor. Petersen will look to make a jump up for his junior season. His stature and the velocity of his fastball make him a top prospect. Robertson, who relies on guile and the ability to throw a curve for a strike will look to return to the form that saw him emerge as the Husky closer in Lefties Villalobos and Baysinger both come to Washington after successful junior college careers and should see plenty of action on the mound. The right-handed Conover and freshmen Matt Kasser and Hunter Hughes, as well as left-hander Jamie Hawkins, will look to increase their innings. Conover s fastball has made strides and he added a slider in the off-season while Hawkins had an outstanding fall practice season. Kasser and Hughes were both top-level high school pitchers in the area last year. Additionally, redshirt freshman Keaton Everitt, who underwent elbow surgery and missed last season, returns. Relatively inexperienced as a pitcher, the 6-foot-6, hard-throwing righty has tremendous upside and will look to develop this season. The best guys are going to pitch, period, Knutson explains. If you get guys out, you ll pitch. I ll let roles develop and the competition will take care of who gets innings. Guys will earn innings. That ll be based on history, the fall and then what they do in games. The first guys out there to begin Junior second baseman Greg Isaacson the season will be those that pitched well last year and last fall. CATCHERS We re as experienced and talented behind the plate as we can be, Knutson says of his catching corps. We re kind of returning three starters there. It reminds me of the year ([1998] that we had Ryan Bundy, Pete Orgill and Dominic Woody [all future pros] at catcher. Sophomore Aaron Hathaway, forced into duty last season by the loss to injury of returning starter Jefferson Thiel, had as much to do with the Huskies turnaround as anyone. His defensive skills improved to the point where he made the NCAA Regional alltournament team despite going 1-for-17 at the plate in the regional. He was also a first-team Freshman All-American. Hathaway improved so much last year. He needed reps and experience and then he turned into a very good player, Knutson says. Early on, his confidence was low defensively, but he came on. Now he s a defensive weapon behind the plate. Thiel, a redshirt junior, returns after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right elbow prior to last season. A former Freshman All-America pick, Thiel was the UW starter behind the plate in both 2000 and It s been a year since his surgery and we ll have to see how he feels, Knutson says. The prognosis is that he ll be 100 percent in February. Before he got hurt, he was a great catch-and-throw guy and an offensive threat. We ll have to find a way to get him plenty of ABs. Junior Ben Johnson, who has made 31 starts at catcher over the last two years, brings a switch-hitting bat to the mix. Ben gives you a left-handed batting catcher as a switch hitter, Knutson says. He missed the fall with a minor condition, but got the green light and is fine.

3 INFIELDERS The Huskies return three quarters of their infield from last season in tact, thanks again to a pleasant surprise in the form of three-year starting shortstop Tila Reynolds. Going around the horn, at first base, the Huskies welcome back sophomore Kyle Larsen, a Freshman All-America after batting.342 and going through his first college season without an error. Kyle is the best defender that we ve ever had at first base, Knutson says. He s what you re supposed to look like as a first baseman. And he can really hit. Last year, junior Greg Isaacson entered the lineup about a third of the way into the season and never lost his starting spot thanks to outstanding defense and a.315 average. Isaacson got the starting spot at second in the middle of the season and we ended up with one of the best defensive second basemen in the country playing every day, Knutson says. He plays mistakefree baseball. Reynolds, who s started 158 career games at shortstop, decided not to sign a pro contract after getting drafted in the 13th round last season. He was the Huskies leading hitter last year with his.347 average and is a top-level defensive player. Getting Tila back for his senior year was as big a pleasant surprise as I ve ever had as a head coach. He ll have a huge senior year, Knutson says. He s really a complete player. He can beat you in a lot of different ways. With he and Greg having a year together under their belts, he continues, they can be one of the top middle-infield combinations in the country. With the loss of three-year starting third baseman Michael Done, Washington will have one new starter in the infield, but junior John Otness has actually started 58 games over the last two seasons at third, second and DH. He emerged as the starter after a battle with sophomore Nick Batkoski last fall. Otness was outstanding in the fall, Knutson says. He s got the job heading into the season. He Junior third baseman John Otness S E A S O N O U T L O O K has the experience and he s worked very hard. He s been very productive when we ve played him. The Huskies have plenty of able backups around the infield. Junior Steve Ramsey has shown a sweet swing in limited action as a first baseman, left fielder and DH. A similar player is freshman Grant Gerrard, except that the left-handed Gerrard may also pitch along with playing first and the outfield. Junior transfer Chad Boudon, who possesses as much raw power as anyone on the team, is also a first baseman and outfielder. Batkoski will certainly get time at third and DH while transfer Brian Bauer, from San Diego State, can play all four spots. The guy that stood out in the fall was Brent Lillibridge, Knutson says of his freshman shortstop, a likely starter there had Reynolds not returned. We have to get him on the field somehow. If he plays like he did in the fall, we ll have to. He can play anywhere on the field except catcher. He runs, catches it and can really hit. Four other true freshmen Zach Clem, Curt Rindal, Josh Showers and Matt Tucker (Michael Done s younger brother) will look to get time to develop as future Husky starters. OUTFIELDERS While it would seem that the loss of three-year starters Jay Garthwaite and Tyler Davidson would leave the Huskies looking for answers in the outfield, things are nearly as dire as they might seem. Junior Mike Wagner, who moved from third base to left field last season, was a Summer All-American and his summer league s MVP after closing out the season as a semi-regular pick in left field. Sophomore Taylor Johnson closed out the year as the Huskies regular right fielder and hopes his late-season successes will carry over to Mike and Taylor played very well in the fall and last year, Knutson says. We think they both have the physique and the tools you want from good outfielders. Wagner had a big summer. He s starting to scratch that potential he has. You hope the summer success sets him up for a big junior year. Taylor is a complete package as an outfielder that can beat you with his legs, bat and arm. He s a No. 3-hitter candidate with Wagner, assuming that Larsen hits fourth. Center field is a little more open to question. The Huskies have two experienced players in seniors Brandon Jacobson and Justin Drake as well as a sophomore transfer in Devin Warner. Freshman Simi Reynolds, younger brother of Tila, will also get a fair shot at the starting role. Brandon has had some great stretches of productivity in his career here, Knutson says. Plus, we have a good transfer in Devin Warner, who is physically very strong, has good tools and knows how to play. Simi is probably our best defender out there. Either he or Drake is our fastest player. Simi has great instincts in center field and has everything you want from a defensive player. Boudon, who could also play first and DH, adds power to the mix while freshman Nick Burnham is a fast, athletic player that will no doubt get a look at any of the three outfield spots. Isaiah Stanback, a scholarship freshman quarterback on the Husky football team, will play baseball this spring as well. The athletic center fielder will split time once spring football practice begins. Sophomore outfielder Taylor Johnson Knutson knows that things are set up for a good season in 2003, perhaps even a great season if things go well. All the pieces are in place. What s left is to roll out the ball, play the games and see what happens. We have to win while also developing our young players. But we also have to play our best guys, Knutson says. That s the focus of our coaching. It s a juggling act developing guys, keeping them sharp and keeping them happy. The Husky coach hopes that the tide of success in the last half of the 2002 season continues to roll into Confidence isn t something you can fake, he says. You have to earn it. Until you ve had success, you re going to have problems with how you see yourself. This group of veteran players now knows what it takes. They should have that confidence that success breeds. The key is that they remember what hard work it took to be good. We need to be proud, but there are more steps to be taken. There are bigger things out there than just going to the regionals bigger things than finishing third in the conference and this team is good enough to do better than that. IN MEMORIUM: LEE JOHNSON Last fall, the Husky baseball program lost one of its biggest supporters and greatest fans with the passing of Lee Johnson. Lee, the longtime owner of Lee Johnson Chevrolet in Kirkland, was well known throughout the Seattle area as one of youth baseball s most passionate friends, and his often-unheralded support of youth baseball in the region was without equal. Aside from his generous financial support of the Husky baseball team, Lee, a UW alum, was also a true and fervent fan of the Huskies, thanks in large part to having a son, Tod, pitch for the team from 1989 to All in the Husky Baseball family will miss him. 3

4 R O S T E R 2003 BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/JC/College) 16 Batkoski, Nick IF R/R SO 1V Federal Way, Wash. (Federal Way HS) 27 Bauer, Brian IF R/R FR # TR Woodinville, Wash. (Woodinville/San Diego State Univ.) 34 Baysinger, Trent P L/L JR JC Moscow, Idaho (Moscow HS / Walla Walla CC) 38 Boudon, Chad OF/1B R/R JR # TR Shoreline, Wash. (Shorewood HS / Univ. of Hawaii) 26 Burnham, Nick OF R/R FR HS Bellevue, Wash. (Eastside Catholic HS) 40 Carter, Brian P L/L JR 2V Woodinville, Wash. (Woodinville HS) 10 Clem, Zach IF R/R FR HS Burlington, Wash. (Burlington-Edison HS) 36 Conover, Josh P R/R SO # 1V Kirkland, Wash. (Lake Washington HS) 28 Dowling, David P L/L SO 1V Kirkland, Wash. (Juanita HS) 1 Drake, Justin OF R/R JR # 2V Spokane, Wash. (Ferris HS) 35 Everitt, Keaton P R/R FR # RS Kirkland, Wash. (Juanita HS) 37 Fenton, Will P R/R SO 1V Kingston, Wash. (North Kitsap HS) 15 Gerrard, Grant OF/P/1B L/L FR HS Castle Rock, Colo. (Douglas County HS) 31 Gibson, Trevor P R/R JR 2V Enumclaw, Wash. (Enumclaw HS) 13 Hathaway, Aaron IF R/R SO 1V Vancouver, Wash. (Columbia River HS) 32 Hawkins, Jamie P L/L SO # 1V Bainbridge Island, Wash. (Bainbridge HS) 30 Hughes, Hunter P R/R FR HS SeaTac, Wash. (Mt. Rainier HS) 4 Isaacson, Greg IF L/R JR 2V Aberdeen, Wash. (Aberdeen HS) 7 Jacobson, Brandon OF L/L SR 2V Issaquah, Wash. (Issaquah HS / Bellevue CC) 2 Johnson, Ben C S/R JR 2V Bellevue, Wash. (Bellevue HS) 18 Johnson, Clay P R/R JR 2V Elma, Wash. (Elma HS) 22 Johnson, Taylor OF L/L SO 1V Vancouver, Wash. (Skyview HS) 39 Kasser, Matt P R/R FR HS Issaquah, Wash. (Issaquah HS) 23 Larsen, Kyle 1B L/L SO 1V Redmond, Wash. (Eastlake HS) 11 Lillibridge, Brent IF R/R FR HS Everett, Wash. (Jackson HS) 25 Otness, John IF R/R JR 2V Tacoma, Wash. (Wilson HS) 33 Petersen, Jeff P R/R JR 2V Covington, Wash. (Kentwood HS) 14 Ramsey, Steve 1B/OF L/R JR 2V Redmond, Wash. (Eastlake HS) 8 Reynolds, Simi OF L/L FR HS Issaquah, Wash. (Skyline HS) 3 Reynolds, Tila IF R/R SR 3V Issaquah, Wash. (Liberty HS) 21 Rindal, Curt IF R/R FR HS Mount Vernon, Wash. (Mount Vernon HS) 43 Robertson, Scott P R/R SR 2V Mercer Island, Wash. (Mercer Island HS) 6 Showers, Josh IF R/R FR HS Port Orchard, Wash. (South Kitsap HS) 5 Stanback, Isaiah OF R/R FR HS Seattle, Wash. (Garfield HS) 12 Thiel, Jefferson C R/R JR # 2V Kirkland, Wash. (Juanita HS) 9 Tucker, Matt IF S/R FR HS Aurora, Colo. (Smoky Hills HS) 29 Villalobos, Joel P L/L JR JC Lynnwood, Wash. (Lynnwood HS / Bellevue CC) 24 Wagner, Mike OF R/R JR 2V Woodinville, Wash. (Woodinville HS) 42 Warner, Devin OF S/R SO TR Fort Collins, Colo. (Fort Collins HS / Univ. of Kansas) 41 White, Sean P R/R SR 3V Mercer Island, Wash. (Mercer Island HS) # indicates redshirt season utilitzed Head Coach: 19 Ken Knutson (Washington 81; 11th year as head coach; 19th year overall) Associate Head Coach: 17 Joe Ross (Wisconsin-River Falls 82; 11th year) Assistant Coach: 20 Travis Jewett (Washington State 93; 2nd year) Assistant Coach: 44 Gregg Swenson (Western Washington 94; 2nd year) Undergraduate Assistant: Jeremiah Porter (Washington 03; 1st year) NUMERICAL ROSTER 1 Justin Drake, of 16 Nick Batkoski, if 31 Trevor Gibson, rhp 2 Ben Johnson, c 17 Joe Ross, assoc. head coach 32 Jamie Hawkins, lhp 3 Tila Reynolds, if 18 Clay Johnson, rhp 33 Jeff Petersen, rhp 4 Greg Isaacson, if 19 Ken Knutson, head coach 34 Trent Baysinger, rhp 5 Isaiah Stanback, of 20 Travis Jewitt, asst. coach 35 Keaton Everitt, rhp 6 Josh Showers, if 21 Curt Rindal, if 36 Josh Conover, rhp 7 Brandon Jacobson, of 22 Taylor Johnson, of 37 Will Fenton, rhp 8 Simi Reynolds, of 23 Kyle Larsen, 1b 38 Chad Boudon, of/1b 9 Matt Tucker, if 24 Mike Wagner, of 39 Matt Kasser, rhp 10 Zach Clem, if 25 John Otness, if 40 Brian Carter, lhp 11 Brent Lillibridge, if 26 Nick Burnham, of 41 Sean White, rhp 12 Jefferson Thiel, c 27 Brian Bauer, if 42 Devin Warner, of 13 Aaron Hathaway, c 28 David Dowling, lhp 43 Scott Robertson, rhp 14 Steve Ramsey, 1b/of 29 Joel Villalobos, lhp 44 Gregg Swensen, asst. coach 15 Grant Gerrard, of/lhp/1b 30 Hunter Hughes, rhp PRONUNCIATIONS Player & Coach Names Nick Batkoski bat-co-skee Chad Boudon boo-dawn Ken Knutson kuh-noot-sun Brent Lillibridge LILLY-bridge John Otness OUGHT-ness Simi Reynolds SIMM-ee Tila Reynolds TEE-luh Jefferson Thiel TEEL Joel Villalobos VEE-uh-LOW-bose Hometowns/High Schools Bothell, Wash. BAW-thul Enumclaw, Wash. EE-num-claw Issaquah, Wash. IZZ-uh-kwah SeaTac, Wash. SEE-tack

5 #16 Nick Batkoski R/R Sophomore Infielder Federal Way, Washington (Federal Way HS) Born November 11, 1982, in Burien, Wash.... son of Patricia Nelson and Paul Batkoski... undecided on a major (Freshman) Started five games at DH, two at shortstop, two at second base and one at third... went 2-for-3 with two doubles May 14 (game two) vs. Gonzaga... started April 13 vs. WSU, when he went 1-for-4 as the second baseman... first hit came in his second game, when he singled vs. Missouri Feb went 1-for-4 with two runs and an RBI double March. 16 vs. BYU... came off the bench in the NCAA Regional final game vs. Rice and singled in two at bats... belted a grand slam in a non-counting win over the University of British Columbia in the tournament in Phoenix opening weekend... played summer ball for Aloha (Ore.) in the Pacific International League, batting.323 in 19 league games. FEDERAL WAY HIGH SCHOOL Earned three varsity letters at Federal Way, leading the Eagles to the AAAA (highest level) state championship as a senior... all-area as a junior and a senior and all-state as a senior... MVP and batting champion of the South Puget Sound League as a junior... two-time team MVP and also an All-SPSL pitcher... hit.316 as a sophomore,.511 as a junior and.429 as a senior... also went 9-2 with a 1.01 ERA as a senior, when his team went team went in his three seasons and won the district each of the last two years... team captain as a junior and senior... as a 16-year old, played in the Junior Olympics with the Burien (Wash.) Knights... graduated with a 3.62 grade point average. NICK BATKOSKI S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A / /0 #41 Brian Carter L/L Junior Pitcher Woodinville, Washington (Woodinville HS) Born November 21, 1981, in Huntington, N.Y.... son of Jean and Jeffrey Carter... has an older sister, Sarah... a pre-arts & sciences major (Sophomore) Made 17 relief appearances and one start... usually came in late in game for short-relief appearances... didn t allow a hit in his first five outings, covering six innings... first outing of the year was a three-inning relief appearance against Northwestern, when he combined on a two-hit shutout with White and Shepple... struck out a season-high two in that outing... allowed an earned run in only four of 18 appearances and gave up a hit in only six of got the win against California April 28, striking out the only batter he faced in the eighth before the Huskies rallied to win in the ninth... threw three and one-third relief innings against UC Irvine on April 10, allowing four hits, but no runs or walks... took a loss in a three-inning start vs. Lewis-Clark State, despite allowing only one run (unearned) over three innings... nine of the 12 walks he surrendered came in four consecutive appearances in February and the first two weeks of March... walked only four in 12 outings (14.0) innings after that (Freshman) Appeared in only four games during his true freshman season... four of the six runs allowed for the season came in first career outing, when Oregon State touched him for four runs in an inning... struck out three and gave up one earned run on one hit in two innings vs. Puget Sound on March 28, his second outing... threw two-thirds hitless innings vs. Oregon State May 5... started May 9 vs. Portland, allowing one run over three innings in a no-decision. WOODINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Earned two letters as a pitcher under coach Terry Agnew at Woodinville, teaming with fellow UW junior Mike Wagner... captained the team as a senior... honorable mention All-KingCo as a junior and senior... posted a 6-1 record his final year, when Woodinville won the league title... threw a three-hit shutout at the AAU World Series in also played in the 99 Area Code Games... graduated with a 3.4 GPA... earned two letters in tennis. BRIAN CARTER S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK / / Totals /

6 #36 Josh Conover R/R Redshirt-Sophomore Pitcher Kirkland, Washington (Lake Washington HS) Born May 5, son of Steve and Wendy Conover... has an older brother, Jason, a former baseball player at Lewis-Clark State... originally signed a Letter of Intent to play at UW for the 2001 season, but did not come out for the team until considering engineering as a major (RS-Freshman) Made eight relief appearances in his first season with the Huskies... didn t allow a hit in his first three outings and didn t surrender a run until his fifth... top outing was probably April 10 vs. UC Irvine, when he struck out three in two shutout innings... that was also longest outing of the season... suffered only loss in his final outing of the season when he gave up four runs (two-thirds of his season total) vs. Gonzaga May played for Bend (Ore.) over the summer, posting a solid 2.70 earned run average in the Pacific International League. LAKE HIGH SCHOOL Earned three varsity letters, playing primarily as an infielder, at Lake Washington... batted.350 as a sophomore,.375 as a junior and.360 as a senior... named first-team All-KingCo third baseman as a senior after earning second-team as a junior and honorable mention as a sophomore... team captain his senior year. JOSH CONOVER S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK / #28 David Dowling L/L Sophomore Pitcher Kirkland, Washington (Juanita HS) Born October 31, 1982, in Seattle... son of Jim and Ellen Dowling... has one older brother, Brian, a current University of Washington student... member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity... majoring in economics (Freshman) Pitched in nine games in relief and started four others... most relief appearances were in middle or long relief roles... in first career outing, Feb. 26 at Portland, threw four innings of relief, striking out a season-high six batters... wins came in relief vs. Washington State (retiring 10 of 11 batters over 3.1 innings) on April 14 and in a start vs. Portland on May 7... suffered losses to UC Riverside (March 8), at Arizona State (March 29) and at Missouri (April 5), all in starting assignments... threw five relief innings May 12 at USC, allowing two earned runs and fanning five... longest outing of the year was a six-inning start in the loss at Missouri. JUANITA HIGH SCHOOL Earned two letters as a left-handed pitcher at Juanita, teaming with fellow sophomore Keaton Everitt... went 3-0 with a 2.13 ERA while batting.367 as a junior... posted a 5-2 mark with a 1.31 ERA as a senior... team MVP in All-KingCo second-team selection as a senior... Scholar-Athlete in both of his varsity seasons... member of the National Honor Society all three years of high school... graduated with a 3.7 grade point average. DAVID DOWLING S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK /

7 #1 Justin Drake R/R Redshirt-Junior Outfielder Spokane, Washington (Ferris HS) Born August 11, 1981, in Spokane, Wash.... mother is Terri Borland and father is Joe Drake... stepfather is Jim Borland... has a younger brother, Mark... a sociology major (RS-Sophomore) Thanks to injury, saw action in only eight games, mostly as a defensive replacement or pinch runner... had only two at bats and scored one run (Sophomore) Struggled with a shoulder injury and, despite playing in nine games, received a medical redshirt season... both of his two hits and his lone RBI came in the March 11 game vs. Southern Utah... came on as a pinch runner in the season opener vs. BYU and scored the winning run on Jefferson Thiel s single in the bottom of the ninth (Freshman) Played in 31 games and started 20 in his first season at Washington... spent much of the middle part of the season as the starting center fielder... most of his appearances off the bench were as a pinch runner... first career hit and stolen base both came in the Feb. 26 game vs. Gonzaga... went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run March 19 at Portland... doubled in four at bats vs. California on March other double came in the April 9 game vs. Arizona. FERRIS HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters as a center fielder under coach John Thacker... All-Greater Spokane League as a junior and senior... team posted a 33-3 record over his final two seasons... team won the GSL his junior and senior years... batted.400 as a sophomore and.390 as a junior... as a senior, hit.458 with six homers, 27 RBI, 27 runs, five triples and 12 steals in 12 attempts. JUSTIN DRAKE S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A / /4 2001*.133 9/ / / /0 Totals / /5 * despite playing in nine games in 2001, given a medical redshirt year. #35 Keaton Everitt R/R Redshirt-Freshman Pitcher Kirkland, Washington (Juanita HS) Born February 4, 1983, in Edmonds, Wash.... son of Robert and Lisa Everitt... has an older brother, Trevor, a current UW student... mother and father, as well as numerous other relatives, attended the University of Washington... an economics major (Freshman) Redshirted the season after undergoing pre-season elbow surgery. JUANITA HIGH SCHOOL Earned two varsity baseball letters at Juanita, teaming with fellow UW sophomore David Dowling... mostly a position player in high school and only started pitching as a senior... honorable mention All-KingCo at both first base and pitcher as a senior... posted a 1-1 record with a 2.10 ERA, a.118 opponent batting average and 27 strikeouts in 15 innings as a senior... batted.387 as a junior and.357 as a senior... team s most inspirational award winner as a senior, when he was also team captain... two-year member of the National Honor Society... graduated with a 3.7 grade point average. 7

8 #37 Will Fenton R/R Sophomore Pitcher Kingston, Washington (North Kitsap HS) Born April 7, 1983, in Bellevue, Wash.... son of Greg and Sally Fenton... has an older sister, Sunny, and a younger brother, Ross... both parents attended the University of Washington... member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity... considering architecture or engineering, but undecided on a major. the Huskies ninth-inning win over Rice to force a second regional championship game... threw the final three and a third of that game, allowing no hits or runs... worked 1.2 no-hit relief innings May 19 at Oregon State... threw three innings of relief in May 14 s first game vs. Gonzaga, allowing only one hit... picked up the win May 4 vs. UCLA with 1.2 innings... also got a win with a two-inning relief outing March 26 vs. Washington State... suffered the loss in the third game at USC, allowing two runs in one and a third... earned his first start April 2 vs. Gonzaga... allowed three runs on five hits over four innings in a no-decision (Freshman) Appeared in 19 games second-most on the team starting once... emerged as a closer in the second half of the season... six of 13 earned runs he allowed in relief came in one outing March 2 vs. Utah... outside of that one outing, threw 22.2 innings of relief, allowing 20 hits and 10 runs (seven earned), good for a 2.78 ERA over those 17 outings... got the save April 27 at Cal after fanning the last two batters of the game with the bases loaded... worked 4.2 relief innings vs. Cal over two outings, allowing only one run... got the win in WILL FENTON S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: NORTH KITSAP HIGH SCHOOL Earned three varsity letters on the North Kitsap baseball team... team finished first in the Olympic League his sophomore and senior years... posted a career won-lost record of 18-3, going 2-0 as a sophomore, 7-1 as a junior and 9-2 as a senior... first-team All-Olympic League as a senior after making the second team as a junior... most inspirational award winner as a senior... captain his junior and senior years... also played two years of football. Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK / #31 Trevor Gibson R/R Junior Pitcher Enumclaw, Washington (Enumclaw HS) 8 Born May 25, 1982, in San Francisco, Calif.... son of Jewett and Kathleen Gibson... father played football and wrestled at the Air Force Academy and at Fresno State... has one older brother, J.P.... a pre-arts & sciences major (Sophomore) Made 12 relief appearances, but time was limited in the second half of the season due to a minor injury and illness... got the win April 27 at Cal, fanning one in a third of an inning... hadn t thrown since April 2 due to soreness... struck out a career-high seven in three innings March 5 at Portland... threw two shutout innings, allowing no hits or walks, March 16 vs. Brigham Young... got a save with three innings March 25 vs. WSU... didn t pitch in the final month of the regular season, mostly due to illness... spent the summer as a starter with Bellingham (Wash.) in the Pacific International League, posting a 2-1 record and a 2.88 ERA in league play... fanned 31 in 28 innings in league action (Freshman) The most-used of the freshmen relievers, he saw relief TREVOR GIBSON S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: action in 14 games, the fourth most relief appearances on the team... earned a save with a long relief outing in his first career appearance, throwing four innings to close the March 3 game at UC Riverside... allowed one run on four hits and no walks while striking out three in that one... matched that season-high strikeout total in two innings vs. Southern Utah March threw scoreless single innings of relief at Oregon State, vs. Washington State and at Stanford before taking a loss to California on March closed out the year with five straight relief outings without allowing a run... over that stretch, gave up only one hit in three and one-third innings... over his final seven relief appearances (4.2 innings), allowed only two hits and one run. ENUMCLAW HIGH SCHOOL Earned three varsity letters as a pitcher and outfielder under coach Dan Hennessey at Enumclaw... captained the team as a senior... second-team all-league as a sophomore and first-team as a junior... as a senior, named a first-team all-league pitcher and a second-team all-league outfielder... all-state and honorable mention all-america as a senior... played for the Washington team in the annual all-star game against Oregon s high school all-stars... a member of the National Honor Society with a 3.5 grade point average. Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK / / Totals /

9 #13 Aaron Hathaway R/R Sophomore Catcher Vancovuer, Washington (Columbia River HS) Born December 2, 1982, in Vancouver, Wash.... son of Bill and Jeannette Hathaway... has one brother, Jason, a former baseball player at Concordia in Oregon... a sociology major. Huskies only five-hit game of the season, going 5-for-5 with two doubles April 2 vs. Gonzaga... threw out 21-of-60 would-be basestealers on the season, a solid.350 percentage... had a tremendous debut Feb. 15 vs. Northwestern, going 2- for-4 with a double and a triple... also threw out a would-be basestealer and picked off a runner at first base in that game (Freshman) Named a first-team Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball after spending the season as the Huskies starting catcher...made 48 starts at catcher, including 31 of the last hit safely in 16 of last 20 and 21 of last 26 regular season games... a major reason for the Huskies second-half turnaround as he batted.302, allowed only four passed balls and threw out 11 of 21 basestealers over the last 32 games of the year... played so well defensively in the NCAA Houston Regional that he made the all-regional team despite going only 1-for-17 at the plate in the tournament... allowed only one stolen base and picked off two in the regional... shared the Pac-10 lead for most pickoffs over the course of the season with four... had two hits and a homer in each of the first two games at Oregon State... May 14 (game one) vs. Gonzaga, went 3-for-6 with two RBI... 5-for-13 in USC series, going 3-for-4 with two runs Saturday average in league play was third on the team for-99 (.343) over his last 26 regular-season games... 6-for-11 with a homer, a double and six RBI in Stanford series... had all four UW RBI in April 20 loss to the Cardinal and hit a solo homer to start an eighth-inning rally in April 21 win... 5-for-10 in the previous weekend s league series vs. WSU... first career homer April 13 vs. the Cougars... had the AARON HATHAWAY S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: COLUMBIA RIVER HIGH SCHOOL Earned four letters in baseball at Columbia River... batted over.400 in each of his final three seasons, hitting.429 as a sophomore,.466 as a junior and.485 as a senior... had 10 homers and 61 RBI as a junior and belted five home runs and drove in 48 as a senior... first-team all-league pick his final three years... team MVP and captain as a junior and senior... made all-state as a senior and was named MVP of the all-state games... played on the Washington all-star team that swept Oregon s all-stars... helped team to a first-place finish in the league and the district as a sophomore, when River finished third in the state... also earned three letters in football and two in basketball... in each of his last two seasons as the football team s quarterback, led the Greater St. Helens League in passing yards, percentage and passing touchdowns... named the Greater St. Helens League Player of the Year as a senior footballer, and was the Vancouver Columbian s area player of the year... all-state quarterback, kicker, punter and defensive back as a senior... threw for 2,363 yards to help the Chieftans to the state AAA quarterfinals as a senior... second-team all-league in basketball while also earning team MVP and acting as team captain... TrendWest s and KVAN s Athlete of the Year... won a National Football Foundation scholarship and graduated with a 3.72 GPA. Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A / /15 #32 Jamie Hawkins R/R Redshirt-Sophomore Pitcher Bainbridge Island, Washington (Bainbridge HS) Born March 11, 1982, in Seattle... son of Randy and Janet Hawkins... has one younger sister, Lindsay... both parents attended the UW... a pre-arts & sciences major (RS-Freshman) Saw limited action out of the bullpen... pitched in two games and didn t allow a run in either... threw two-thirds of an inning March 2 vs. Utah, allowing two hits, but no runs... worked a no-hit inning March 7 vs. Portland, striking out two (Freshman) Redshirted the season, primarily due to a shoulder injury. BAINBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters as a pitcher and outfielder for coach Mike Reese at Bainbridge... All-Olympic League as a junior and senior... served as captain his senior year... team went 19-2 his junior year and 18-4 his season season with a 0.58 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 40 innings as junior... in his senior year, posted 4-1 record, a 1.47 earned run average and 46 strikeouts in 24 innings... threw a nohitter as a senior. JAMIE HAWKINS CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK /

10 #4 Greg Isaacson Born February 18, 1982, in Aberdeen, Wash.... son of Thomas and Linda Isaacson... has two brothers (Joel and Daniel) and two sisters (Pam and Sara)... member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity... a economics major (Sophomore) Didn t play in the first 15 games of the year and was set to redshirt, but then entered the line up and started 44 of the last 46 games... usually batted ninth and hit.343 (37-for-108) as the No. 9 hitter (29 games)... started all five at the NCAA regional, going 4-for-15 with three walks... drove in what proved to be the winning run in the 4-2 win over Harvard, tripling home Aaron Hathaway for the third run in the Huskies four-run fourth... hit safely in all three at OSU, going 4-for-10 for the weekend... three RBI May 8 vs. Portland... 4-for-11 with six RBI in three games vs. UCLA... first career HR in May 5 win over the Bruins, a three-run bomb... 4-for-10 with two RBI, two doubles and two steals in Cal series... doubled and scored tying run in the ninth of April 27 s 5-4 win... 4-for-9 in series vs. Stanford... first career hit was a two-run double March 14 vs. BYU... went 3-for-4 the following day and L/R Junior Infielder Aberdeen, Washington (Aberdeen HS) GREG ISAACSON S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: for-5 the day after that... four doubles in his first five games... didn t let his average dip below.304 all season... batted.333 with four triples and 15 walks in 23 league games for the Bend (Ore.) Elks in the Pacific International League last summer... tied for first in the PIL in triples and third in on-base percentage (Freshman) Played sparingly in his true freshman season, appearing in four games and starting one... came off the bench in the March 10 and 11 games vs. Southern Utah and March 28 vs. Puget Sound... went 0-for-3 in lone start, May 15 vs. Gonzaga... made only one error in 11 defensive chances at second base. ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL Earned two varsity letters, for coach Mike Voelkel as a junior and coach Mike Bozich as a senior... played second base and shortstop... named first-team All- Pac-9 as a junior and senior and was team MVP as a senior... made district playoff appearances both seasons... batted.394 with 10 doubles as a junior and hit.418 with 10 doubles and 26 RBI his senior season... once hit a game-winning home run to beat Puyallup... earned three letters in golf and two in basketalll... named the MVP of the Pac-9 in basketball and participated at state twice in golf... a member of the National Honor Society, winning two scholarships with his 3.9 grade point average. Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A / / / /15 Totals / /15 #7 Brandon Jacobson L/L Senior Outfielder Issaquah, Washington (Issaquah HS/Bellevue CC) 10 Born November 7, 1980, in Issaquah, Wash.... son of Doug and Rena Jacobson... has a younger brother, Damon, and a younger sister, Kristin... majoring in sociology, and also working towards a real estate certificate (Junior) Made 11 starts in center field and eight in left... a regular in the lineup early in the season, starting the first eight games of the season... hit safely in eight of his first nine games, going 12-for-38 (.316) over that span for-5 with a pair of runs scored March 5 at Portland... also went 2-for-5 with two runs batted in his previous game, March 1 vs. Utah... 1-for-4 with a double and three runs batted in on April 14 vs. Washington State... started all three of the WSU series... went 1-for-3 with three runs and two runs batted in, and belted his only home run of the season March 26 against Washington State in Lewiston, Idaho... played in three NCAA postseason games, and singled in his only postseason at bat (Sophomore) Emerged as the Husky starter in center field and as the leadoff hitter before injuring a hand in a collision at second base vs. Washington State on March was batting.409 with 18 runs through only 12 games before the injury... didn t play for nearly a month before returning on April error-free in 59 defensive chances on the season... 1-for-5 with two runs scored in first career start, Feb. 24 vs. Illinois... went 3-for-4 with a solo home run in second start, March 3 at UC Riverside... 3-for-6 the following day vs. UCR... went 5-for-9 with five runs, three RBI and a triple in a three-game sweep of Southern Utah... played a major role in the UW s doubleheader sweep of USC on March in the opener, went 3-for-4 with three runs and scored the winning run in the 10th inning in unusual fashion... reached on catcher s interference, moved to second on an error, stole third and then scored with two outs when strike three to Duggan Moran sailed to the backstop... in the nightcap, led off the game with a solo home run and finished 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI... went 1-for-3 with two runs and a double in the March 20 win over WSU before hurting his hand the following day... 1-for-5 with a leadoff double in his return April 17 at Portland... led off the May 4 win over Oregon State with a home run and finished the day 2-for-4 with a double... struck out only 12 times in 112 at bats.... continued on next page

11 BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Played one season in the oufield for coach Mark Yoshino at Bellevue... named team MVP, all-region, all-conference, all-nwaacc and all-tournament after batting.393 with a wood bat... led the team in hits, runs, doubles, steals, onbase percentage and slugging and led the league in runs and stolen bases... team went on the season. ISSAQUAH HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters as a centerfielder at Issaquah under coach Rob Reese... named second-team All-KingCo as a junior and first-team All-KingCo and All- Eastside as a senior... team went 18-6 his sophomore year, 14-7 his junior year and 22-5 his senior season... finished fourth in state his final year... broke the school home runs record and led the team in runs, hits and homers while batting.487 his senior year... an accomplished club soccer player, played in England, Germany and Denmark as a part of the Eastside FC soccer club. BRANDON JACOBSON S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A / / / /9 Totals / /21 #2 Ben Johnson S/R Junior Catcher Bellevue, Washington (Bellevue HS) Born October 17, 1981, in Seattle... son of Deb Farley and Mike Johnson... has twin younger brothers, Nick and Luke, and a younger sister, Ali... enrolled in the business school... member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity (Sophomore) The Huskies backup catcher, made 12 starts behind the plate, including two of three in the ASU and Missouri series... after 15 games without any action, saw backup action May 7 and started May 8 vs. Portland... also started last May 14 (second game) vs. Gonzaga, going 1-for-4 with a walk... 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI opening day vs. Missouri... 2-for-4 March 28 at Arizona State... also went 2-for-3 with a walk, a steal and an HBP April 5 at Missouri (Freshman) Played in 25 games and started 19, all behind the plate... didn t make his first career appearance until March 11, when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in his first career plate appearance... first career hit was a double April 1 vs. Cal... after going 2-for-3 vs. Pacific Lutheran April 3, got his first RBI in the April 6 win at Hawaii-Hilo, going 1-for for-3 with two walks April 8 at Hilo... was the hero of the Huskies April 25 win over Lewis-Clark State... after the Huskies had given up the lead on a two-out homer in the top of the ninth, belted a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to win, his first career homer... went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI the following game at WSU... hit a solo homer in a May 1 win at Gonzaga. BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters as a catcher and third baseman at Bellevue... three-time allleague selection and team MVP as a senior... drafted by the Houston Astros in the 29th round of the 2000 draft...also quarterbacked the Bellevue football team, serving as captain as a senior... earned one letter in basketball. BEN JOHNSON S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A / / / /3 Totals / /3 11

12 #18 Clay Johnson R/R Junior Pitcher Elma, Washington (Elma HS) Born August 8, 1981, in Aberdeen, Wash.... son of Mary Beth Meyers and Bob Johnson... has a brother that played baseball at Lewis-Clark State... pre-arts & sciences major (Sophomore) After beginning the year as a top-three starter, lost his spot, then regained it in the last two-thirds of the Pac-10 season... made 12 starts and one relief appearance... capped off the season with an outstanding victory in the NCAA Houston Regional, earning a spot on the all-regional team... allowed five hits and a run over seven and twothirds in the Huskies 3-1 elimination-game win over Texas Tech... only threw one inning at USC and then missed a start at Oregon State due to a minor shoulder injury, but rebounded to start the season s final game against Arizona... beat UCLA with a complete game... allowed 11 hits, five runs (four earned) and one walk while striking out eight in that outing... picked up first win with first career CG April 9 vs. UC Irvine... allowed nine hits, four runs and no walks while fanning five in that one... didn t walk more than two batters in a game during the regular season... no decision in a good start vs. Stanford, allowing five hits and three runs over eight innings... despite only getting five decisions all season, the UW won six of his last eight starts... two losses were March 2 vs. Utah and May 26 vs. Arizona... played summer ball for the Fairbanks (Alaska) Goldpanners, posting a 3-2 record and a 3.06 ERA as the Goldpanners won the National Baseball Congress World Series (Freshman) Despite being a true freshman, began the season in the Huskies weekend rotation and retained that role through most of the year... picked up four wins on the season... first win came March 3 at UC Riverside, when he worked five innings, allowing two runs on three hits and four Ks... struck out five in five innings to beat Southern Utah on March 9... moved to 3-0 with his best outing of the season, an eight-inning start vs. eventual league champ USC... allowed three runs (two earned) on eight hits over eight frames in that one... suffered first loss in a shutout at Stanford... fourth victory of the season came April 8 at Hawaii-Hilo... no decision despite an outstanding outing vs. Gonzaga on May 15, when he allowed only two hits and two unearned runs while striking out five in seven innings. ELMA HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters as a pitcher and shortstop for coaches Jim Bleaker (sophomore and junior) and Scott Rowland... attended the same school as former UW star pitcher Jake Kringen... like Kringen, Johnson compiled a 0.00 earned run average as a senior and led Elma to the AA state championship... named first-team All- Evergreen League and league pitcher of the year as a sophomore... all-league as a junior and league MVP as a senior... named the MVP of the Washington state all-star game after his senior season... team went 18-5 his senior year... in his final season, threw a perfect game against Capital High (a AAA team), striking out also struck out 14 in a one-hit win over Othello... earned three letters for the football team. CLAY JOHNSON S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK / / Totals / There are currently three no-hitters in recorded Washington history. The first (at least since 1923) was thrown by Bob Peterson in 1951 (month and day unknown). Peterson struck out seven and walked three in a 7-0 beating of division rival Idaho. The next was by George Kritsonis against Seattle Pacific on April 8, Kritsonis threw a nine-inning game, beating the Falcons He struck out 16 and did not allow a runner to reach second base. Kritsonis helped his own cause with two hits that day. The most recent no-hitter was a seven-inning job thrown by Larry Morrow, who was making his first college pitching appearance. Morrow, HUSKY NO-HITTERS regularly a catcher, no-hit Puget Sound, 14-0, on April 21, He fanned six, walked one and hit one batter, but did not allow a ball out of the infield. He played every position on the field for the Huskies that year. Since 1958, there is no record of any Husky throwing a no-hitter. Here s a recap of the three Husky no-no s: Bob Peterson (9 inn.) vs. Idaho (7-0), 1951 George Kritsonis (9 inn.) vs. Seattle Pacific (18-0), April 8, 1957 Larry Morrow (7 inn.) vs. Puget Sound (14-0), April 21,

13 #22 Taylor Johnson L/L Sophomore Outfielder Vancouver, Washington (Skyview HS) Born July 25, 1983, in Vancouver, Wash.... son of Charles and Terri Johnson... has a younger sister, Kelsey, a standout on her high school soccer and track teams... major is undeclared (Freshman) Finished the season as the regular starter in right field against right-handed starters... started 21 of the last 33 in right field, usually as the leadoff hitter... also started four in CF... Huskies went 15-6 in games in which he started in right field... started all five games at the NCAA Regional... 3-for-5 May 18 at Oregon State... 2-for-6 with a two-run homer in game two May 14 vs. Gonzaga... 2-for-3 May 10 at USC... hit three homers in his last nine regular-season starts... homered in both games (May 7-8) vs. Portland and went 4-for-9 in the two games... 2-for-3 May 5 in lone UCLA start that weekend... started all three in RF and leadoff vs. Cal, going 3- for-12 with two RBI and two assists... got a start April 16 vs. Lewis-Clark State TAYLOR JOHNSON S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: (2-for-5 with a double) and then started in right field and in the leadoff spot in both of the wins over Stanford... first career hit was a solo homer Feb. 26 at Portland... played summer ball for Bend (Ore.) in the Pacific International League, batting.326 with a wood bat in 15 league games... also walked 11 times and stole eight bases in league play for the Elks. SKYVIEW HIGH SCHOOL Earned three varsity baseball letters at Skyview... also earned three letters each in football and basketball... first-team all-league in baseball all three seasons... also a first-team all-leaguer in basketball and second-team in football as a senior... batted.408 as a sophomore,.508 as a junior and.378 as a senior... named team s offensive MVP his junior and senior years and played in the Area Code Games in all-state and a member of the Washington state all-star team that swept Oregon s all-stars... drafted in the 39th round by Pittsburgh in the June, 2001 draft... team captain as a junior and senior... also team captain as a junior and senior in basketball... team captain and offensive MVP of his football team as a senior... graduated with a 3.6 GPA and was nominated for a National Football Foundation scholarship. Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A / /10 #23 Kyle Larsen L/L Sophomore First Baseman Redmond, Washington (Eastlake HS) Born June 30, 1983, in Bellevue, Wash.... son of Arne and Barb Larsen... has a younger brother, Kris... undeclared major (Freshman) Named a first-team Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball after emerging as the Huskies everyday starter at first base, starting 47 games there... often hit No. 3 in the order, particularly against righties... as the No. 3 hitter, batted.436 (24-for-55) in 14 starts there... UW went 10-4 in those games... during the regular season, led the Huskies in batting with his.363 average and also was the team s top hitter in Pac-10 play, batting.365 against conference opposition... despite a rough time at the plate in the postseason (3-for-19), had a huge hit in the Huskies dramatic comeback win over Rice... down 6-4 with two outs and none on in the bottom of the ninth, stroked a two-strike pitch for a single two batters prior to Jay Garthwaite s game-winning three-run homer... entered the postseason on a 12- game hitting streak, his longest of the year and the third longest of the season by KYLE LARSEN S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: any Husky... during the streak, went 22-for-44 (.500) with nine runs, 10 RBI, four doubles and three steals, raising his average from.315 to missed three games during that stretch after getting hit on the right elbow by a pitch in the second game at USC... sat out game three at USC and both Gonzaga games May finished his first college season without an error in 454 chances... 3-for-5 in April 26 s 2-0 win at Cal, including a solo HR in the ninth to make it singled in the game-winner in the ninth inning of 5-4 win April 27 at Cal... drove in the winning run in the 10th inning of the April 21, 4-3 win over Stanford... also hit a homer earlier in that game... hit first two career homers in back-to-back games March 2-3 vs. Utah... 2-for-5 with a double and a homer March 25 vs. WSU... 3-for-6 with four RBI the following day. EASTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL Earned three varsity baseball letters at Eastlake, where he was a teammate of current Husky Steve Ramsey as a sophomore and junior... first-team All-KingCo as a junior and again as a senior... team MVP and all-state as a senior, when he batted hit.439 as a junior... played on the Washington all-star team that swept the Oregon all-stars... drafted by the New York Mets in the 14th round of the June, 2001 draft... also played one season of basketball. Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A / /6 13

14 #25 John Otness R/R Junior Infielder Tacoma, Washington (Wilson HS) Born September 15, 1981, in Tacoma, Wash.... son of James and Cathy Otness... has an older sister, Kirsten... father attended Washington... a pre-engineering major, hoping to go into construction management (Sophomore) Began the year as a platooning third baseman... made 12 starts at third and 20 at DH, mostly at the end of the year... Huskies went 13-7 in games in which Otness started at DH... had a hit in 26 of 32 starts on the season and once had an 11-game hit streak before breaking it in a pinch-hit role... hit safely in 28 of 35 games overall (in which he had an AB)... had a strong NCAA regional, going 6-for-16 with two doubles and three RBI... reached on a two-strike hit-by-pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth vs. Rice, one batter before Jay Garthwaite s game-winning, three-run homer... started at DH (game one) and 3B (game two) vs. Gonzaga May 14, going 4-for-4 with a walk in game two... 3-for-8 in two DH starts at USC... homered May 12 vs. the Trojans... two RBI in three straight games April 7-13 (at Missouri, vs. UC Irvine, vs. Washington State)... first career homer April 13 vs. WSU... also belted a two-run homer May 12 at USC... started only once at Fresno State after taking a fastball in the head in the Feb. 22 win... took two stitches behind his left ear but finished the game (Freshman) Due to an injury to senior starter Marc Rittenhouse, spent about half the season as the Huskies starter at second base... played in 36 games and started exactly half (26) of the Huskies 52 games... played tremendous defense, committing only two errors in 112 chances on the season, good for an outstanding.982 fielding percentage... struck out only 10 times in 103 at bats... went on a mid-season tear that saw his average rise to.400 through his first 65 at bats... after moving in the starting lineup on a regular basis, went 24-for-60 (.400) over 16 games... belted a pinch-hit double in first career at bat, March 3 at UC Riverside... 2-for-4 with first career RBI in a 7-3 win over USC March for-5 with three RBI in a win over WSU on March 21, driving in the go-ahead runs in the fifth inning for-4 with a double vs. Puget Sound (March 28)... 2-for-4 with three runs batted in April 1 vs. Cal... drove in the first two runs in a 9-0 win at Hawaii-Hilo, going 1-for-2 with a two-run double and two walks in the game... 1-for-4 with a threerun double in the 10-7 win at Hilo... over the summer, helped the Aloha (Ore.) Knights to a record, batting.298 with a wood bat while fielding at a.976 clip (four errors in 169 chances)... named first-team All-Pacific International League following the summer. WILSON HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters under coach Lonnie Slater at Wilson, playing shortstop, third base and pitcher... only the fourth Wilson player ever to earn a letter as a freshman... served as team captain as a junior and senior... as a senior, named the Narrows League MVP, all-area, all-state and the Tacoma News-Tribune Player of the Year... team won the Narrows League and went to state his sophomore and senior seasons... batted.560 and had an.817 on-base average as a senior... in the league championship game his senior year vs. rival Bellarmine Prep, threw a complete-game four-hitter, striking out 11 and also went 2-for-2 with a double, two walks and two runs at the plate... played two years of varsity football, sharing quarterback duties as a junior, when his team took second in state... played one year of varsity basketball, helping the team to a fifth-place state finish... named the English and Math Student of the Year and was once the Tacoma Athletic Commission s Student-Athlete of the Month... graduated with a 3.86 GPA. JOHN OTNESS CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A / / / /3 Totals / /8 HUSKY BASEBALL THANKS EASTON FOR ITS SUPPORT 14

15 #33 Jeff Petersen R/R Junior Pitcher Covington, Washington (Kentwood HS) Born October 16, 1981, in Renton, Wash.... son of Jim and Nancy Petersen... has a younger sister, Jamie... a pre-arts & sciences major (Sophomore) Made six starts and nine relief appearances on the season... longest and best outing of the year was a five-inning start at Portland on March 5... in that one, allowed three hits and no runs, combining for a 10-0 shutout of the Pilots... struck out a career-high seven batters over four innings May 14 vs. Gonzaga... the two losses he suffered were to Brigham Young (March 15), UC Irvine (April 10) and Rice (June 2)... threw three shutout innings of relief Feb. 26 at Portland and a one shutout relief inning May 8 against the Pilots (Freshman) Appeared in six games total, starting twice, during his freshman season... struggled in first outing, giving up five runs in an inning vs. Oregon State on March 7, but threw a scoreless inning three days later vs. Southern Utah... picked up a victory in a three-inning start vs. Puget Sound on March started and allowed four runs over four innings vs. Portland April 18, but got no decision in a 5-4 Husky win... threw a scorelss inning of relief in a win at Gonzaga on May 1... earned second victory with a no-hit, two-inning performance against Portland May 9... went 2-0 with a 1.64 ERA during the summer for Aloha (Ore.). KENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL Earned two varsity letters as a pitcher and a first baseman at Kentwood... led the team to the AAAA state championship his senior season... named first-team all-league and all-state as a senior... drafted by Baltimore in the 25th round of the 2000 draft... earned two letters as a basketball player... graduated with a 3.8 grade point average. JEFF PETERSEN S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK / / Totals / #14 Steve Ramsey L/R Junior First Baseman/Outfielder Redmond, Washington (Eastlake HS) Born October 9, 1981, in Loma Linda, Calif.... son of John and Patti Ramsey... has a younger sister, Lisa... a pre-arts & sciences major (Sophomore) Started four games in left field, three at DH and one at first base... two for three with his first career home run coming off the bench Feb. 17 vs. Missouri... hit safely in first five games of the season... 2-for-5 with a homer in a start March 2 vs. Utah... RBI pinch-hit doublemarch 14 vs. BYU... also had an RBI pinch-hit single two days later vs. the Cougars... had six pinch hits on the season (Freshman) Played in eight games, starting two, as a first baseman, outfielder and designated hitter... three of four hits on the year were doubles... made first career start as a right fielder vs. Southern Utah on March 9 STEVE RAMSEY S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS:... went 1-for-3 with an RBI double in that game, good for his first career hit... had a single in two ABs off the bench vs. Puget Sound on March started at first base May 15 vs. Gonzaga, collecting two doubles in three at bats while driving in a run... error-free in 11 chances on the season. EASTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters as a first baseman for coach J.T. D Amico... team finished third in the KingCo Conference his junior year and second his senior season... as a junior, earned second-team All-KingCo before making first-team, All-Eastside and all-state as a senior... won the KingCo batting championship as a senior, hitting hit a game-winning home run against Evergreen High in the first round of the state playoffs his senior year... drafted in the 43rd round by the Florida Marlins... also earned four letters in golf, helping his team to KingCo championships twice... a member of the National Honor Society with a 3.71 grade point average. Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A / / / /0 Totals / /0 15

16 #3 Tila Reynolds R/R Senior Infielder Issaquah, Washington (Liberty HS) Born February 2, 1981, in Burien, Wash.... son of Jimmy and Viva Reynolds... has three younger brothers - Kerisi, Simi and Tanielu... Kerisi is a junior infielder at Oregon State while Simi plays both football and baseball at the UW... a management major... got engaged to be married over the past winter break (Junior) Capped a tremendous junior season by being drafted in the 13th round by the Milwaukee Brewers, but elected to return to the UW for his senior season... named the No. 9 senior player in the country prior to the 2003 season by Baseball America... named to the NCAA Houston Regional all-tournament team after an outstanding regional... the Huskies everyday shortstop, started every game until turning an ankle May 7 vs. Portland... sat out the next day and missed a start a week later vs. Gonzaga, but started the other 59 games at short... usually batted No. 2 and hit.403 (60-for-149) when batting second in the order (37 games)... led the team with his.347 average, five triples, 16 hit by pitch and 19 stolen bases HBPs in a season were third most in UW history, as were his five triples... nine career triples rated No. 4 on the Husky career chart and 27 HBPs were sixth-most ever... ranked in the top-10 in the Pac-10 in five categories: third in hit by pitch (16), triples (five), and steals (19); sixth in hits (83); and seventh in at bats (239)... had hitting streaks of 13 and 14 games during the season... batted.444 (8-for-18) in five NCAA regional games while also fielding 24 errorfree chances... doubled, singled, stole a base and scored two runs in the Huskies 3-1 win over Texas Tech... fielded.976 and made only three errors in 24 Pac-10 games... April 27 at Cal, hit a two-run triple in the ninth to tie the game at 4-4, then scored the winning run on a Kyle Larsen single... started the April 28, 11thinning rally at Cal with a single... hit in all three at Oregon State the next-to-last weekend of the regular season, going 6-for-14 for the weekend... 2-for-5 with a home run and a triple in May 14 s game one vs. Gonzaga... in the 2002 preseason, named Baseball America s No. 53 college prospect and one of two players in the nation noted as Top Defensive Player (Sophomore) Spent a second full season as Washington s everyday shortstop, starting 49 of 52 games... led the team with 42 runs scored and 10 stolen bases (in 12 attempts)... also led the Huskies with three triples and was second with six home runs... opened the season with a 10-game hitting streak, during which he went 16-for-40 (.400) with 12 runs and nine RBI... belted an RBI triple and scored in the 3-2 win over Kentucky... 9-for-19 (.474) with six runs in the four-game series at UC Riverside... went 3- for-3 in game two and 3-for-6 in game four of that series... had an outstanding game March 6 at Oregon State, going 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, a double, a walk and three runs scored in a 10-7 win over his younger brother s team... 3-for- 4 with a solo homer in the series opener vs. Cal... followed that with doubles in three straight games... walked and scored the go-ahead run in the 11th inning of the April 17 win at Portland... hit a two-run home run in the next day s 5-4 win at Portland... 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI April 27 at Washington State... started the Huskies eight-run eighth inning of that game with a single and then later that same inning drove home two runs with another single... 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI May 8 vs. Portland... two-run homer the next day vs. the Pilots spent the summer playing for Yarmouth-Dennis in the Cape Cod League, batting (Freshman) One of four freshman that, at least by the end of the season, were everyday starters... started at shortstop in 50 of the Huskies 56 games... named Freshman All-America honorable mention by Collegiate Baseball... also earned honorable mention All-Pac got off to a slow start at the plate, but batted.302 over the last 35 games to finish the year at second on the team with 33 walks and third with 10 steals... committed only 19 errors in his freshman campaign... made only six errors over the last 32 games (135 chances) and only two in the last 16 games (64 chances;.969 fielding pct.)... fourth in the Pac-10 with nine sacrifice hits... 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and a two-run single in the Huskies 8-5 win over Cal... singled and scored the tying run in the top of the ninth in the Huskies 8-7 win over WSU... walked and scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning of Washington s 5-4 win over Washington State... drove in the winning run in the seventh inning of Washington s 3-2 win over Washington State... went 3-for-4 in three games: Lewis-Clark State, Washington State (May 8) and Gonzaga (May 16)... had a stretch during the middle of the season when he reached base in 18 straight games... also reached in 12 of the last four of seven doubles came in the final 12 games... batted.545 (6-for-11) with a homer and four RBI in three games against California... in three games vs. UCLA, went 3-for-7 (.429) with three RBI and three walks... during the Huskies trip to Cuba, went 4-for-12 wwith a home run, five runs, three RBI, two steals and six walks... didn t strike out in 19 plate appearances in Cuba. LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL Earned four letters as a shortstop at Liberty... played for coach Thomas Mosby as a freshman and sophomore and for coach Glen Walker his final two years... first-team all-league shortstop as a sophomore and junior... had Tommy John elbow surgery during his senior season, but still made first-team all-league as a designated hitter... earned two outstanding scholar-athlete awards from his league... team finished eighth in the state with a 22-2 record as a sophomore... batted.324 as a freshman,.405 with 12 steals as a sophomore,.515 with three homers, nine doubles, five triples and 14 steals as a junior and.554 with nine doubles, three triples, six homers and 16 steals in only 11 games as a senior... homered in four consecutive games as a senior... earned three football letters... two-time All-KingCo quarterback... once went 17-for-20 with four TDs and 315 yards in a win over Bellevue High... won several academic awards and graduated with a 3.4 grade point average. TILA REYNOLDS CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A / / / / / /23 Totals / /49 16

17 #43 Scott Robertson R/R Senior Pitcher Mercer Island, Washington (Mercer Island HS) Born September 17, 1980, in Seattle... parents are Bruce and Lidia Robertson... has two sisters... both parents attended the UW... a sociology major... intends to get into baseball coaching after the completion of his college career (Junior) Made 14 appearances, all in relief... picked up a win in the season s second game, fanning one of the two batters he faced Feb. 15 vs. Northwestern... took his only loss two days later vs. Missouri... struck out three in one and two-thirds in a win Feb. 24 at Fresno State... fanned four batters in two innings April 2 vs. Gonzaga (Sophomore) Led the team with 20 relief appearances... second in the Pac-10 with seven saves, sixth-most in UW single-season history... spent most of the year with the team s lowest ERA... allowed only one earned run in his first 11 appearances, covering 10 and onethird innings... allowed an earned run in only five of 20 appearances... had a tremendous opening weekend, earning a win and a save at a tournament in Tucson... threw an inning of relief for the win on opening day as the Huskies beat BYU in the bottom of the ninth... in game two of the season, vs. Kentucky, threw one and one-third innings for a save... worked out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam with a strikeout and a groundout to close the Kentucky game... earned saves at UC Riverside and OSU... struck out two in an inning to get a save vs. WSU on March picked up a second win vs. Pacific Lutheran... thanks to Ben Johnson s bottom-of-the-ninth home run, got a win vs. Lewis-Clark State April notched back-to-back saves at Portland April 17 and in the first of those two, struck out two in an inning as UW won in in the second, left the tying run at third base in a 5-4 win (Freshman) Pitched in only two games in his first season on the UW staff... threw an inning of relief against Creighton on Feb. 19 and two-thirds of an inning vs. OSU on March 5. MERCER ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL Earned four letters as a pitcher and third baseman at Mercer Island, playing the final two seasons for coach Jeremy Briggs... captained the team as a senior... teamed with fellow UW senior pitcher Sean White... three-time All-KingCo Conference pick and all-eastside as a senior... led the team to the KingCo title as a junior as a junior and 9-3 as a senior... also lettered in football, earning first-team All-KingCo. SCOTT ROBERTSON S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK / / / Totals / DIAMOND CLUB MEMBERS Thank you to all of our Diamond Club members and volunteers, whose financial and volunteer help enhances the UW baseball program. This support goes to providing additional travel for the team to compete, an assistant coach s salary, specialized training for coaches and players, equipment and much more. 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18 #12 Jefferson Thiel R/R Redshirt-Junior Catcher Kirkland, Washington (Juanita HS) Born August 25, 1980, in Kirkland, Wash.... parents are Rick and Kay Thiel... a general studies major (Junior) Underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow prior to the season and sat out the year rehabilitating (Sophomore) After starting the year on fire, struggled with an elbow injury that limited his action from mid-season on... missed exactly a month from March 25 to April 25 and then saw limited time in the final month... was batting.415 before the injury was diagnosed and then played three more games (going 0-for- 9) before taking the month off for-41 before the injury and 7-for-48 afterwards... hit safely in 11 of his first 12 games... had at least one RBI in nine of those games... on opening day, singled with two out in the bottom of the ninth to drive home Justin Drake with the winning run in a 6-5 win over BYU... 2-for-3 with an RBI triple the following day vs. Kentucky... 5-for-13 in UC Riverside series for-8 with five runs and two solo homers in three-game series vs. Southern Utah... other homer was also a solo shot May 4 vs. Oregon State (Freshman) Showed both top-notch skill and durability during his first college season, starting 44 of the Huskies 56 games behind the plate... first-team Freshman All-America selection by USA Today Baseball Weekly... had a two-run single in his first career start, Feb. 17 vs. Creighton... drove in four runs in the Huskies win at Southern Utah... drove in the winning run in the ninth inning of the Huskies 8-7 come-from-behind win over Washington State... went 2-for-5 in back-to-back games at WSU... doubled home two of the UW s seven runs in the seven-run ninth inning at Wichita State... the Dawgs won that game for-4 with a homer and a double in Washington s 3-2 win over Washington State... his homer in that one tied it at 2-2 in the seventh... batted.400 (8-for-20) with eight runs, three homers and five RBI over five games against Washington State... tied for sixth in the Pac-10 after being hit by a pitch 12 times, sixth-most in UW history... in three games during the Huskies trip to Cuba last fall, batted.556 (5-for-9) with four runs, four RBI and two home runs. JUANITA HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters as a catcher for coach Gary Groenen... a three-time All- KingCo pick as a catcher and DH... all-eastside catcher as a junior and senior... led the KingCo in home runs and RBI as a junior... Eastside player of the year and an all-state pick as a senior... graduated with a 3.8 grade point average. JEFFERSON THIEL S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A / / / / Redshirt - Injury Totals / /4 #24 Mike W agner R/R Junior Outfielder Woodinville, Washington (Woodinville HS) Born September 13, 1981, in St. Louis, Mo.... son of Michael and Margaret Wagner... has two younger brothers, Jordan and Kramer, and a younger sister, Maggie... a pre-arts & sciences major (Sophomore) Moved to left field after making three early starts at third base... at the end of the year, was the regular starter in left against right-handers, starting 16 games there... also started as the DH five times... singled in the game winner in the ninth May 4 vs. UCLA... stole four bases in four tries over his last six games of the season... wasn t caught stealing in six stolen base attempts on the year... 2-for-4 May 19 at Oregon State in lone start of weekend... also went 2-for-4 with an RBI double in lone start against Arizona in the regular season s final weekend... started at DH April 28 at Cal, going 3-for-5 with a two-run homer and three RBI... after moving to OF, had a stretch of five games where he batted 9-for-16 (.563) with a double, a triple and a homer... first homer of the year came March 30 at Arizona State in a Husky win... had a fantastic summer, earning the MVP of the New England Collegiate Baseball League and first-team Summer All-America from Baseball America magazine... played 38 games for North Adams (Mass.) and led the league in batting (.342), slugging (.582), on-base (.445), hits (30) and runs (39) (Freshman) Saw action in 23 games, starting 13, primarily as a designated hitter, but also as a backup at third base... first career hits came March 2 at UC Riverside when he went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI...came off the bench early in the game the next day to go 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and an RBI... in the series finale at UCR, went 2-for-5 with a pair of singles... best day came March 11 vs. Southern Utah, when he went 3-for-4 with four RBI... played error-free at third base, successfully converting 11 chances without an error.... continued on next page 18

19 WOODINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters under coach Terry Agnew at Woodinville... All-KingCo firstteam third baseman as a junior and senior... team won the KingCo his sophomore and senior seasons and finished fifth in state his sophomore year... twice named to summer all-tournament teams, including one where he compiled 19 consecutive hits (10 for extra bases) and finished the tourney with an.880 average... earned two football letters and made All-KingCo as a junior. MIKE WAGNER S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A / / / /6 Totals / /8 #41 Sean White R/R Senior Pitcher Mercer Island, Washington (Mercer Island HS) Born April 25, 1981, in Pullman, Wash.... mother is Mary and father is Tom, a UW grad... has a younger brother (Ryan) and two younger sisters (Lindsay and Molly)... an arts & sciences major (Junior) The Huskies No. 2 starter through most of the season... selected by Montreal in the 35th round of the 2002 draft, but elected to return for his senior season... named the No. 14 senior player in the country prior to the 2003 season by Baseball America... won his last six decisions after starting the year in eight starts in Pac-10 play, went 5-0 with a 4.07 ERA over 55.1 innings ERA in league play was eighth best in the Pac went seven innings or more in each of his last five starts, winning all five (vs. UCLA, at USC, at Oregon State, vs. Arizona and vs. Harvard)... in his final start of the year, out-dueled Harvard ace Ben Crockett in a 4-2 thriller as both went the distance... allowed only seven hits, two runs and no walks while fanning six in the win... at USC, threw a then-career-high eight and one-third innings, allowing five hits and three runs.. struck out a season-high eight batters over 7.1 five-hit innings to beat UCLA... allowed three runs on eight hits over 7.2 at Oregon State... gave up only one run on five hits, no walks and 7 Ks in last start of the season vs. Arizona... no decision April 27 at Cal, despite allowing only two runs over 5.1 innings... also no result in a solid start April 20 vs. Stanford, allowing two runs in six innings, leaving with a 4-2 lead... combined for a two-hit shutout of Northwestern in a 2-0 UW win... no-hit the Wildcats through the first four and one-third... finished having worked five innings, allowing one hit, no runs and two walks for the win... spent the summer in the Cape Cod League with Brewster, posting a 4-1 record and a 2.14 ERA... allowed only 38 hits and 14 walks while fanning 38 in 46.1 innings for the Whitecaps (Sophomore) Started the year as one of the Huskies top starters, but was slowed by a midseason shoulder injury... earned a convincing win in his first game of the season, starting and throwing seven shutout innings vs. Kentucky... allowed only three hits in that win... struck out eight over five innings to get a win at UC Riverside March 3... allowed one unearned run in six innings to beat Southern Utah March no decision in the Huskies 7-6, 10-inning win over USC after working six innings... started and threw one inning at Stanford March 25, but left the game with the injury... didn t pitch again until April 24, when he worked four innings vs. Lewis-Clark State... suffered consecutive losses to Washington State, Oregon State and Arizona State to even his record at threw one-third of an inning at Arizona in his only relief outing (Freshman) Saw time primarily as a reliever early on before getting three starts late in the season... fanned four in two and two-thirds innings in his first career appearanced, Feb. 19 vs. Creighton... threw a no-hit inning of relief in the Huskies 10-8 win over Gonzaga... struck out two in a perfect inning vs. Portland... first career start came in difficult circumstances April 16 against a World Series-bound Stanford team... allowed only one run over his first four innings that day, but ran into trouble in the fifth, surrendering the first two runs of a six-run Cardinal rally before being relieved... fanned three in an inning and one-third at Arizona State on May other starts came at Wichita State and vs. Portland... during the Huskies trip to Cuba, threw three and one-third innings, allowing two hits, one unearned run and two walks while fanning two. MERCER ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL Earned two letters as a pitcher and third baseman for coach Jeremy Briggs at Mercer Island, teaming with fellow senior pitcher Scott Robertson... as a senior, earned first-team All-KingCo and honorable mention all-america... won the AAA KingCo title as a junior and finished second as a senior with a 2.26 ERA, 46 strikeouts and 15 walks in 31.0 innings as a senior... drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the late rounds of the 1999 draft. SEAN WHITE S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK / / / Totals /

20 #27 Brian Bauer I N C O M I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S #38 Chad Boudon R/R Redshirt-Freshman Infielder Woodinville, Washington (Woodinville HS/San Diego St.) Born November 12, 1982, in Kirkland, Wash.... son of Mike and Patty Bauer... has a brother, Joe, and a sister, Maggie... both parents, as well as an uncle, attended the UW... brother Joe played baseball at Lower Columbia College... comtemplating construction management as a major. SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY Was a true-freshman member of the San Diego State baseball team in 2002, but redshirted the season and didn t see any game action... compiled a grade point average of over 3.5 at SDSU. WOODINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Played three seasons at Woodinville High under coach Terry Agnew, captaining the team as a senior... helped the team to a first-place league finish in 2000 and third place in named to the 4A All-KingCo first team as a junior and a senior... hit.450 his junior season and.360 as a senior... twice won the Silver Bat Award as Woodinville s top hitter and was an offensive MVP at the state allstar game his senior year... played for Washington high school all-star team in the annual series vs. Oregon... won numerous academic awards... graduated with a 3.8 grade point average R/R Redshirt-Junior OF/1B Shoreline, Washington (Shorewood HS/Hawaii) Born June 9, 1981, in Seattle... parents are Johanna and Glen Boudon... has a brother, Grant... mother attened the UW... majoring in history... transferred to Washington after spending three seasons at Hawaii. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII Spent three seasons as an outfielder at the University of Hawaii... played in seven games as a freshman, but earned a medical redshirt season after suffering a shoulder injury... in 2001, played in 46 games, batting.223 (33-for-148) with 22 runs, six doubles, five home runs, 21 RBI and 10 stolen bases in 15 tries... appeared in 25 games, staring 14, in batted 8-for-64 with two homers and seven runs batted in. SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL Earned four letters at Shorewood, playing for coaches Rodney Walker, Gary Snyder and Wyatt Tonkin... finishing his high school career with a.569 batting average and 28 career homers... earned all-district honors three times and led his team to the 1998 and 1999 WesCo championships. #34 Trent Baysinger #26 Nick Burnham L/L Junior Pitcher Moscow, Idaho (Moscow HS/ Walla Walla CC) Born September 1, 1981, in Moscow, Idaho... parents are Cheryl and Chuck Baysinger... has a younger brother, Ryan... contemplating majoring in psychology. WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Played two seasons at Walla Walla CC under coach Chad Miltenberger... team finished fourth in the NWAACC eastern division both seasons... as a freshman, struck out 16 in a playoff game vs. Edmonds... last summer, pitched for the Wenatchee (Wash.) Applesox in the Pacific International League, going 3-0 with a 4.71 earned run average. MOSCOW HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters at Moscow High, captaining the team as a junior and senior... batted.436 as a senior... played in the Idaho-Utah all-star game and was team MVP in also participated in football, basketball and wrestling... twotime football team captain... the first Moscow High athlete to play varsity football, basketball and baseball three years in a row... named his school s athlete of the year as a senior R/R Freshman Outfielder Bellevue, Washington (Eastside Catholic HS) Born October 4, 1983, in Bellevue, Wash... son of Karen and Terry Burnham... has a younger brother, Todd, and a younger sister, Lexie... undecided on a major. EASTSIDE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters at Eastside Catholic, missing his sophomore year due to injury... captained the team his final two seasons... batted.441 with three homers as a junior and.489 with three homers, 21 stolen bases and nine triples as a senior... two-time first-team All-Metro League outfielder and the Metro League MVP as a senior... named team MVP each of his final two years... had a 3.61 high-school GPA. 20

21 I N C O M I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S #10 Zach Clem #30 Hunter Hughes R/R Freshman Infielder Burlington, Washington (Burlington-Edison HS) Born September 20, 1983, in Mount Vernon, Wash.... parents are Annette and Jim Clem... father is a teacher, athletic director and longtime baseball coach at Burlington-Edison High... has a younger brother, Jacob... undecided on a major. BURLINGTON-EDISON HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters at Burlington-Edison, finishing second in the league three times and third in the district as a senior... batted.419 with five homers as a senior... second-team all-league as a sophomore before making the first team his last two years... all-state as a senior... named the state and region American Legion player of the year... also earned three basketball and two football letters... a first-team all-league defensive back... in the summer of 2001, led the Burlington Sox (Legion) to a second-place regional finish, batting.476 with 16 homers... graduated from high school with a 3.9 grade point average R/R Freshman Pitcher SeaTac, Washington (Mt. Rainier HS) Born March 12, 1984, in Seattle... son of Marilyn and Richard Hughes... has an older brother, Adam... majoring in business. MT. RAINIER HIGH SCHOOL Earned four letters as a pitcher and first baseman at Mt. Rainier... after lastplace Seamount League finishes his first two years, led the team to league championships his final two seasons... captained the team his final two years... team went 11-4 his junior year and 14-1 his senior season... took first in the district and sixth in the state his senior year after finishing second in the district playoffs as a junior... posted a 1.00 ERA and a 7-0 record as a junior... followed that with a 1.25 earned run average and a 5-0 mark as a senior... Seamount League MVP and first-team all-league pitcher as a senior... first-team all-league as a pitcher and first baseman his junior year... lettered for and captained the golf team as a senior... graduated with a 3.82 grade point average. #15 Grant Gerrard #39 Matt Kasser L/L Freshman OF/LHP/1B Castle Rock, Colorado (Douglas County HS) Born May 1, 1984, in Albuquerque, N.M.... son of Paul and Tami Gerrard... has a younger brother, Cody... high school teammate of Gonzaga outfielder Jackson Brennan. DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters and spent two seasons as team captain... as a junior, batted.530 with 22 RBI and went 8-2 with a 3.75 earned run average... as a senior, hit.475 while pitching for a 7-1 record and a 2.80 ERA... two-time allleague pick and a two-time all-state honorable mention selection... also played basketball... graduated with a 3.3 grade point average R/R Freshman Pitcher Issaquah, Washington (Issaquah HS) Born December 17, 1983, in Yakima, Wash.... son of Mike and Linda Kasser... has two younger sisters, Lindsey and Laura... major is undeclared, but considering getting into business. ISSAQUAH HIGH SCHOOL Earned four letters as a pitcher and outfielder at Issaquah for coach Rob Reese... captain as a junior and senior... team went over his four years, winning the KingCo title his freshman year, the district title three of four years and the state championship his sophomore season... also finished second in the district his junior year, fourth in state as a freshman and seventh in state in his final season... posted a 25-5 career record in high school, including a 9-3 mark in his sophomore state-championship season... set the KingCo Conference record for career victories with as a junior and 8-1 as a senior... threw nine complete games as a sophomore and eight as a senior... a two-time All-Eastside pick and a three-time All-KingCo first-teamer... team MVP as a junior and senior... also ran cross country, earning three varsity letters in that sport. 21

22 #11 Brent Lillibridge I N C O M I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S #21 Curt Rindal R/R Freshman Infielder Everett, Washington (Jackson HS) Born September 18, 1983, in Everett, Wash.... parents are Leslie and Curt Lillibridge... has three younger brothers, Kiel, Cameron and Riley... undeclared major. JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL A four-year letterman and three-year team captain at Jackson... helped team to a 15-3 record and a second-place district finish as a junior and a 16-2 mark and the league title as a senior... for his career, batted.420 with 16 homers... twotime first-team All-WesCo after earning second-team his sophomore year... also earned three basketball letters, earning second-team all-league honors twice... boasted a 3.7 high school grade point average R/R Freshman Infielder Mount Vernon, Washington (Mount Vernon HS) Born September 15, 1983, in Mount Vernon, Wash.... son of Teresa and Jeff Rindal... has three brothers Kevin, Brian and Eric and a sister, Erin... undecided on a major. MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters at Mount Vernon, helping the team to league titles his last three seasons, to district championships as a sophomore and junior and two top-five state finishes... team was over his four years... batted.397 with four homers and 23 RBI as a junior and.412 with six home runs and 19 batted in as a senior... all-league each of his last three years... all-area, all-state and team captain as a senior... also played one season each of basketball and football... three-year National Honor Society member and involved in student government... had a 3.7 grade point average. #8 Simi Reynolds #6 Josh Showers L/L Freshman Outfielder Issaquah, Washington (Skyline HS) R/R Freshman Infielder Port Orchard, Washington (South Kitsap HS) 22 Born February 3, 1984, in Bellevue, Wash.... son of Jimmy and Viva Reynolds... oldest brother Tila is the Huskies fourth-year starter at shortstop... older brother Kerisi plays second base at Oregon State... also has a younger brother, Tanielu... contemplating majoring in business... spent the fall as a cornerback on the Washington football team and redshirted his freshman year. SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL One of the most decorated high school athletes in the state of Washington thanks to his exploits on the football field, the baseball field and in the community... Eastside Journal Athlete of the Year, on of the Seattle Times Fab Five athletes of the year, and Skyline athlete of the year... also won the following communityrelated honors: 2002 Athletes for a Better World Spirit of ABW award, 2002 City of Sammamish Service to the Community award finalist, Skyline High Community Service award and co-founder and board member of Athletes for Kids... on the baseball diamond, led Skyline to three straight league titles, three straight district championships and three top-five state finishes (high of second as a sophomore)... two-time first-team All-KingCo selection in baseball... on the football field, was named all-state at cornerback and running back and the team s captain and MVP as a senior after earning all-league at corner as a junior... helped team win the state title his junior year and finish third his senior season... set KingCo records for points in a game (44) and season (200) and touchdowns in a game (7) and season (33)... a multiple all-star selection in youth baseball... helped Taylor Baseball to a third-place finish at the AAU National Championships in 2001 and a second-place finish at the 2000 AAU Under-18 championships... a member of the CABA World Series Champion team in Born September 26, 1984, in Tacoma, Wash.... parents are Debbie and Robert Showers... has a younger brother, Chris... undecided on a major. SOUTH KITSAP HIGH SCHOOL A two-year letterman at perennial state power South Kitsap... as a junior batted.383 with 18 RBI as the team went 17-7, finished second in league and fourth in the district... as a senior, hit.532 with five home runs and 30 runs batted in as the team went 20-5, won the league and district and finished fifth in state... second-team All-Narrows League as a juinor and first-team all-league, league MVP and all-state as a senior... played for Washington in the Washington-Oregon all-star series, which the Washington team swept.

23 I N C O M I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S #5 Isaiah Stanback #29 Joel Villalobos R/R Freshman Outfielder Seattle, Washington (Garfield HS) Born August 16,1984, in Seattle... son of Nita Aneise Williams and Ken Stanback...has two older siblings, Jamar and Teya... Jamar ran track at the University of Oregon... cousin, Eugene Harris, was a UW football player... a scholarship quarterback on the UW football team and redshirted the 2002 season... intends to major in business marketing. GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Better known as a football quarterback in high school, but also a standout center fielder for the Bulldogs... on the gridiron, passed for 1,628 yards and 12 touchdowns and added 700 yards and nine TDs rushing as a senior... passing total ranked No. 2 in the state among AAAA players... threw for 1,653 yards and 13 touchdowns as a junior... named a Blue Chip prospect by the Seattle Times and also tabbed on of eight Northwest Nuggets by the Tacoma News Tribune... All-KingCo Conference QB as a junior and senior... earned PrepStar and SuperPrep All-America honors as a football player... named the No. 5 quarterback and No. 23 overall player in the nation, as well as the top player in Washington by SuperPrep... also ran track and started on the powerful Garfield High basketball team... an honorable mention all-league pick on the basketball court L/L Junior Pitcher Lynnwood, Washington (Lynnwood HS/Bellevue CC) Born August 5, 1982, in Alaska... son of George and Helen Villalobos... has two brothers, Ryan and Adam... undecided on a major. BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Played two seasons for coach Mark Yoshino, first as an outfielder in 2001 and then as a pitcher in first-team all-region and second-team all-nwaacc as a freshman outfielder, when he earned BCC s Silver Bat award as the team s top hitter... as a sophomore, first-team all-region and all-nwaacc as a pitcher... went 6-0 with a 1.40 earned run average in struck out 71, allowed only 31 hits and walked 19 in 51.1 innings of work... opponents batted only.161 against him... helped team to a overall record, a 26-4 league mark and a runner-up finish at the NWAACC championship. LYNNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL Earned two letters as an outfielder and pitcher at Lynnwood High, captaining the team as a senior... helped team to the league title as a senior after batting.476 as a junior... all-wesco, all-state and team MVP as a senior in Everett Herald relief pitcher of the year as a senior. #9 Matt Tucker #42 Devin Warner S/R Freshman Infielder Aurora, Colorado (Smoky Hills HS) Born June 5, 1983, in Salt Lake City, Utah... son of Dave and Cindy Tucker... despite different last name, is the younger brother of Michael Done, the Huskies starting third baseman the last year years... Michael now plays in the Orioles organization... father Dave also played at the UW and was a teammate of coach Ken Knutson... undecided on a major. SMOKY HILL HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters as a shortstop at Smoky Hill, serving as the team captain as a senior... as a junior, led the team to a 20-4 record and a league, district and state championship... batted.422 with eight homers, 34 runs and 28 RBI that year... went 2-for-4 with the game-winning homer in a 7-5 victory over rival Cherry Creek in the state championship game... had a grand slam and a three-run homer in a another state tournament game... second-team all-conference as a sophomore, honorable mention all-state and first-team all-conference as a junior and first-team all-conference and all-city as a senior... also played at Coors Field as a part of the Colorado Top 40 team... participated in the Area Code Games and Best of the West Showcase... went 7-for-8 with a homer, two doubles, two triples and 13 RBI in the Midwest Prospects Showcase... in 2001, collected four different go-ahead or game-winning hits in the AAU National Championship tournament, helping the team to a fifth-place finish with 11 RBI in six games S/R Sophomore Outfielder Fort Collins, Colorado (Fort Collins HS/Kansas) Born May 29, 1983, in Aurora, Colo.... son of Norm and Barbara Warner... has an older sister, Kara... undecided on a major but interested in real estate... transferred to the UW after one season at Kansas. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Saw limited action in his one season at Kansas... played in 13 games, starting one... had only three at bats, but also walked three times... lone start came vs. Avila College and also got an AB vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee. FORT COLLINS HIGH SCHOOL Earned three varsity letters at Fort Collins, helping the team to league championships as a junior and senior as well as the district title and a third-place finish in the state as a senior... all-conference as a junior and all-conference, allstate 5A and all-colorado as a senior... batted over.500 as a senior, when he was team captain... also a two-time all-conference pick in football... class valedictorian with a 4.0 grade point average.. academic all-state in football and baseball all three years... nominated for Wendy s High School Heisman... won the U.S. Marines outstanding student-athlete award. 23

24 24 In his 10 years as head coach, Ken Knutson has built the UW baseball team into the dominant program in the Northwest, one of the most consistently successful programs in the West and a nationally respected team that always plays at the highest level. In 10 seasons, Knutson has led the Dawgs to two Pacific-10 Conference championships, four Pac-10 Northern Division crowns and two second-place division finishes. He has led Washington to within one game of its first College World Series appearance on three occasions. He has beaten five No. 1-ranked teams. He has landed the Huskies first-ever top 10 recruiting class. Knutson has been named the Pac-10 North Coach of the Year three times. In 1994, he coached the first Washington first-team All-American. In doing all this, Knutson s teams have almost completely rewritten the school record books while developing a long list of talented players. Baseball America has called the Washington program one of the nation s fastest rising, and that s largely due to Knutson s efforts. In his relatively brief tenure, Knutson has gained a national reputation as one of the country s finest coaches. In 10 seasons, he has compiled an impressive (.596) overall record while his record in conference play is (.589). Entering the 2003 season, Knutson already ranks second (of 22) on the all-time Husky coaching wins list, having long since passed the legendary Dorsett Tubby Graves, who spent 27 seasons as the UW head coach, in During his 10 years, Knutson has sent 44 players onto the professional ranks, only 12 of whom were drafted out of high school. He has also coached 38 All-Pac-10 first-team players and 21 Pac-10 All-Academic honorees. Under Knutson s tutelege, 21 Huskies have earned some level of All-America acclaim and six have been named first-team Freshman All-Americans. Additionally, seven different Husky players have participated with the USA Baseball National Team, including Chris Magruder, who batted.339 and started in right field for Team USA in Before Knutson s arrival as head coach, no Husky had ever even tried out for the national team. Last year, despite not posting one of the best overall won-lost records of his career, Knutson, who serves as the Husky pitching coach, may have turned in one of his finest coaching jobs. Halfway through the season, the Huskies were mired in a seven-game losing streak and had a record. Against the odds, the UW turned it around in the second half of the year, challenging for the championship of the powerful Pac-10 all the C O A C H I N G S T A F F K KEN e n K KNUTSON N U T S O N HEAD COACH H e 11TH a d C YEAR o a c h F i f t h Y e a r way into the final weekend of the season. At the end, the Huskies went over the last 28 games of the regular season and ended up in third place in the conference, a good enough mark to give the team its sixth-ever NCAA Regional berth Knutson s fourth. At the regionals, the Huskies eliminated both Harvard and Texas Tech before pushing host Rice to the brink in the most dramatic way imaginable. Down 6-4 to the Owls in the bottom of the ninth, with two outs and none on, the Huskies got two runners aboard before Jay Garthwaite smashed a mammoth game-winning homer to force a second championship game, which Rice ultimately won. Six members of the 2002 Husky team signed pro contracts after the season. Two others Sean White and Tila Reynolds were drafted, but decided to return for their senior seasons. In 2001, Knutson s Huskies laid the groundwork for the successful 2002 campaign. The Huskies, despite a rash of devastating mid-season injuries, still managed a record and did so with sophomores nearly everywhere on the diamond each day. In 2000, Knutson s Huskies began that road to success, as one of the nation s top freshmen classes comprised much of a Husky team. In 1999, the first season of the integrated Pac-10, Knutson led the club to a league record and fell perhaps only one victory short of earning an NCAA berth. Knutson also helped tutor the team s highest-ever draft pick Jeff Heaverlo, the 33rd pick in the draft. Heaverlo was one of six Huskies to move onto the pro ranks. Travis Anderson, undrafted out of high school, was selected in the second round while Dominic Woody, also not picked out of high school, broke the school home runs record and went in the fourth round. In 1998, the Huskies posted another banner season, as Knutson s Dawgs won their second consecutive Pac-10 title, sweeping No. 1-ranked Stanford in two games for the title. The 98 Huskies posted a overall mark and won the Pac-10 North with a 17-7 record, earning Knutson his third straight Pac-10 North Coach of the Year honor. The Dawgs smashed another list of school records, including home runs, and finished third at the NCAA Central Regional. For the second straight year, the Huskies finished No. 13 in the nation in the final poll. Following the 1998 season, Washington had seven players sign professional contracts, including four that were taken in the first five rounds of the draft, the secondhighest such total of any college in the nation. In 1997, Washington had perhaps its best season ever. The UW tied the school record for wins (46, set before in 1994) and finished as the No. 13 team in the nation with its overall mark. Washington ran roughshod over the Pac-10 North, posting a 20-4 record, and beat No. 4 Stanford, two games to one, to win the Huskies first overall Pac- KEN KNUTSON S UW HEAD COACHING CAREER Year Overall Pac-10 (Place) Accomplishments (1st) Set Pac-10 North record for conference wins; won UW s second straight division title (2nd) Set UW wins record; 2nd at NCAA Midwest II Regional; fell one win short of College World Series; coached first first-team All-American in UW history; beat three different teams ranked No. 1 at one point during the year (2nd) Won 100th game April 19 at Portland (1st) Pac-10 North Coach of the Year; won second Pac-10 Northern Division title; finished one win short of NCAA berth; had No. 8 recruiting class in the nation (Collegiate Baseball ranking) (1st) Pac-10 North Coach of the Year; won third Pac-10 Northern Division title; won Pac-10 championship; finished second at NCAA Mideast Regional; team finished No. 13 in nation (1st) Pac-10 North Coach of the Year; won fourth Pac-10 Northern Division title; swept No. 1 Stanford for Pac-10 championship; finished third at Central Regional; No. 13 in final poll (5th) Coached three All-Pac-10 first-teamers and first-round and second-round draft picks (8th) Second straight Top-30 recruiting class; four players named some level of Freshman All-America (8th) Picked up 300th win, only second Husky coach ever to reach that plateau (3rd) Made UW s sixth-ever NCAA appearance and got Huskies to regional title game for third time Total Second in UW history with 347 wins; coached 38 All-Pac-10 players in 10 seasons; (.596) (.589) coach of four division titleists and two Pac-10 winners; three-time league Coach of the Year

25 HEAD COACH KEN KNUTSON 10 championship and the first by any Northern Division team since The 1997 Huskies went on to the NCAA Mideast Regional at Mississippi State as the No. 4 seed, but beat the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 seeds to work their way to the championship round. The Dawgs fell twice to the host Bulldogs in a pair of tight games to be denied a trip to Omaha, but nonetheless had come closer than ever before. The team also had one of the best offensive seasons in Pac-10 history, batting.340 as a team and breaking the school and Northern Division mark in nearly every offensive category. The team also posted 31 road wins on the season, the most in the nation. For his efforts, Knutson was named the Pac-10 North Coach of the Year for the second straight year. In 1996, Knutson was named Pac-10 North Coach of the Year after guiding the Dawgs to a Pac-10 Northern Division title. Knutson s lineup included an average of more than six freshmen per game, but despite its youth and a schedule that included 16 games against ranked teams (all on the road), the Husky team came on to win the division crown. The Huskies then came within one win of a berth in the NCAA Regionals, taking game one of the Pac-10 Championship Series against USC before dropping games two and three. In 1995, Knutson became only the third head coach in Husky history to win 100 games, winning his 100th April 19 at Portland on a three-hit shutout by Jake Kringen and Brett Merrick. Despite seeing his team lose several significant players to the draft and to injury, Knutson coached the 1995 Huskies to a second-place finish in the Pac-10 North, taking the division race into the last weekend. Despite finishing second in the Pac-10 North, 1994 was the most successful in UW history to that point. The UW, playing its toughest schedule ever, was ranked all season, beat three different teams ranked No. 1 at some point, broke the school wins record by seven and was finally stopped in the NCAA Regional final. That team won 42 regular-season games and entered C O A C H I N G S T A F F the NCAA Midwest II Regional as the fifth seed. The Huskies went on to post upset wins over Long Beach State (twice), Santa Clara and Georgia Tech (in a 14-inning marathon) before succumbing to Tech in a second championship game. Washington was the only team that year to force a second championship game on the last day of regional play. UW, which had had only three All-Americans in recorded history (first-team or otherwise), saw five different players named to various All-America teams after the 1994 season. Knutson s first season as the Husky head coach (1993) was an eventful one. Washington enjoyed another of its most successful seasons ever, posting a overall record. The Huskies also won their second straight Pac-10 Northern Division title with a 22-8 league mark, posting a Northern Division record with the 22 league wins. It was the Huskies first repeat since 1932, when the UW won its fourth in a row. Knutson won his first game Feb. 19, 1993, on Chad Hartvigson s three-hit gem, a 3-1 win at Hawaii. Knutson, who spent nine seasons with the Huskies as a player and assistant coach, took over prior to the 1993 season for long-time mentor Bob MacDonald, who left the Huskies after 16 seasons. Directly prior to being named the head coach, Knutson was enrolled in a master s program and working as a graduate assistant at Wichita State. From , Knutson served as assistant head coach and pitching coach for the Huskies. In those three years, he helped produce five quality prospects that all went on to the professional ranks (Scott Brow, Michael Call, Gregg Knaplund, Jim Riley and Chris Berg). Brow made his major league debut for the Blue Jays in 1993 and was on roster for Toronto s World Series victory. That three-year stint was his second as an assistant under MacDonald. From 1982 to 1986 he was in charge of the Husky pitching staff. In 1985, UW led the nation with an earned run average of only 2.80, the only sub-3.00 ERA in the country that season. In 1981, Knutson, a lefthander, pitched 62.1 innings for Washington, recording a 5-2 record and a 2.89 ERA as the Huskies won the Pacific-10 Conference Northern Division title, their first since He earned All-Pac- 10 first-team honors that year, as well as the team s Most Inspirational Player award, after transferring from Seattle University, where he was the ace of the staff and an all-league player. Knutson s head coaching experience prior to taking over at the UW came in the semi-pro Western International League, where he coached a pair of teams. From 1982 to 1985, and again in 1990, Knutson was the head coach of Husky Fever. He led the team to the state championship in 1982 and to runner-up finishes in 1985 and In 1988 and 1989, Knutson took charge of the Seattle Studs. In 1989, the Studs were state and regional champions and qualified for the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita. He received the league s coach of the year award that season for his efforts. Born in Sisseton, S.D., Knutson was raised in Seattle. He was an all-state pitcher at Seattle s Evergreen High School in 1976 and also quarterbacked the football team. Knutson was married on August 31, 1991, to his wife Pam. They have three young children Halie, Andrew and Camille and reside in Bothell, Wash. KEN KNUTSON S SERIES RECORDS Opponent (Years Played) Record Arizona ( ) Arizona State ( ) Brigham Young (1993, 94, 99, 01-02) Cal Poly-SLO (1995) California ( ) UC Irvine (2002) UCLA (1995, 97, ) UC Santa Barbara (1995, 98) UC Riverside ( ) CS Los Angeles (1993) CS Northridge (1997, 99) CS San Bernardino (1993) Central Florida (1998) Central Washington (1993, 94, 96, 97) Clemson (1994, 99) Concordia, Ore. (1994) Creighton (1994, ) Dartmouth (1994) Dayton (2000) Florida Atlantic (1998) Fresno State (1997, 2002) George Fox (1993) George Washington (1999) Georgia Tech (1994, 95, 97) Gonzaga ( ) Grand Canyon (1994) Harvard (2002) Hawaii (1993, 94, 97) Hawaii-Hilo (1997, 2001) Illinois (2001) Kansas State (1993) Kentucky (2001) Lewis-Clark State ( , 97-98, 00-02) Long Beach State (1994, 96) Minnesota ( ) Mississippi State (1998) Missouri (2002) Navy (1996) Nebraska (1995, 97) Nevada (1995, 96, ) UNLV ( , 99) New Mexico (1995, 97-98) New Mexico State (1995) Northern Iowa (2000) Northwestern (2000, 02) Notre Dame ( ) Oklahoma State (1996) Oral Roberts (1998) Oregon State ( ) Pacific Lutheran (1993, 95, 01) Portland ( ) Portland State ( ) Puget Sound ( , 97-98, 2001) Rice (1998, 2002) St. Martin s ( ) San Diego (1994, 98) San Diego State (1994) San Francisco ( ) Santa Clara (1994) South Florida (1998) Southern California (1996, ) Southern Utah ( ) Southwestern Louisiana (1997) Stanford ( ) Tennessee (1994) Texas A&M (1993, 98) Texas Tech (2002) Toledo (1994) Utah (1995, 2002) Washington State ( ) Wichita State (1993, 94, ) TOTAL

26 C O A C H I N G S T A F F 26 JOE ROSS ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH (11TH YEAR) The 2002 season will mark Joe Ross 11th as the Huskies top assistant coach. In 1997, Ross was promoted to associate head coach. He came to Washington prior to the 1993 season after a long and successful stint as head baseball coach at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn. In his 10 seasons as Washington s primary hitting instructor, Husky players have rewritten the school record book several times over largely during the 1997 and 1998 seasons. The 97 Huskies set new team records for batting, hits, runs, doubles, triples, home runs, total bases and slugging. Their team batting average of.340 was 17th in the nation and the third highest in the history of the Pac-10 (Northern or Southern Division). Washington also posted Pac-10 all-time top-five seasons in runs, doubles and RBI while also ranking in the top 20 in the nation in scoring and slugging, making the 1997 Huskies one of the most prolific offensive teams in the history of the Pac-10. In 1999, he had two different players break UW home runs records. Dominic Woody posted 19 for the season to break the 13-year old school mark while Ed Erickson moved into first place on the career home runs ledger with his 31st. In 2000, Erickson finished his career with 12 more homers than the next nearest Huskies. In 1998, he coached two players Nick Stefonick and Chris Magruder to.400 seasons, the first time in modern Husky history that two players have topped that high plateau. Magruder, Kevin Miller and Ryan Lentz, all recruited and coached by Ross, finished their three-year Husky careers in 1998 as three of the best hitters in school history, as Magruder finished with the career hits, runs and steals record, Miller with the RBI record and Lentz with the single-season homer mark. In 1995, the team batted.297 while Jon Vander Griend and Joe Trippy set numerous career records. One of that tandem finished in the top three in the Pac-10 North in every statistical category. In 1994, he led the team to a.307 team batting average (fourth highest in team history) and an average of nearly seven runs per game. Seven of UW s starters batted better than.300. Under his tutelage that year, Vander Griend broke school records in doubles and triples while Trippy set UW marks in steals, runs and hits. In 1993, he helped Derrin Doty to become only the second Husky in modern history to hit over.400 while leading the team to a.304 average. Another of his pupils in 1993, first baseman Randy Jorgensen, broke the school record with 61 runs batted in during the 1993 season. Ross also handles the lion s share of the Huskies recruiting efforts (sharing those duties with Ken Knutson and Travis Jewett), oversees the coaching of the catchers, and makes the offensive calls during games. His 1995 recruiting class was ranked No. 28 in the nation by Collegiate Baseball magazine, the first time a UW class had been ranked in the top 30. The 1996 class was even more highly acclaimed, earning the No. 8 ranking in that poll and his class for the 98 season was tabbed the No. 15 class in the country. The 2000 class ranked No. 18 and most, recently, the 2001 season s crop of newcomers earned the No. 29 spot. In six seasons as Normandale s head coach, Ross compiled a record and took his team to two NJCAA UW ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS Overall Conference Years (Total) Coach Record Pct. Record Pct (10) Ken Knutson (16) Bob MacDonald (5) Bubba Morton (8) Ken Lehman (3) Carmen Mauro (4) Dale Parker (1) Joe Budnick (2) Bill Marx (4) Warren Tappin (3) Art McLarney (24) Dorsett V. Tubby Graves (1) R.L. Mathews (2) Leonard Stub Allison , 09-10, (7) Dode Brinker (1) George Ingle (1) James Clark (2) Bill Hurley (1) William Dehn (1) Loren Grinstead (2) Thorpe (1) F. W. Knight (1) Fred Schock World Series, in 1988 and He also led the team to league championships in each of his six seasons at the helm and won three Minnesota state championships, four regional championships and two NJCAA North Central District championships. From 1990 to 1992, Ross also worked as a baseball coach for the United States Baseball Federation. In 1992, he coached the U.S. Junior National team (16-18 year olds) to a silver medal at the World Games in Mexico. Among the members of that team was current superstar Alex Rodriguez, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1993 draft. Ross was also an assistant on the 1991 Junior National team and an assistant coach of an Olympic Festival team in From , he was head coach at Wisconsin-River Falls, which he lead from obscurity to state and NAIA District 14 championships in 1984 and From 1980 to 1983, Ross served as head coach for two different teams in the Netherlands Hoofdklasse Baseball League, a league in which he spent three summers as a top-notch professional player. He was named NJCAA North Central coach of the year twice, NJCAA Region 13 coach of the year four times, MCCC (Minnesota Community College Conference) coach of the year three times and NAIA District 14 coach of the year twice. Ross has also served as a scout in the New York Mets and Yankees organizations. Ross holds a bachelor s degree (physical eduation/coaching, 1982) and master s degree (supervision and instructional leadership, 1986), both from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He and his wife, Laurence, a native of the Netherlands, live with sons Alex and Luke in Kirkland. photo by Jimmy Reynolds

27 TRAVIS JEWETT ASSISTANT COACH SECOND YEAR C O A C H I N G S T A F F Travis Jewett enters his second season as an assistant baseball coach at the UW. Jewett is primarily responsible for the infielders. He also coaches third base during games and is heavily involved in recruiting. Last year, as infielders coach, Jewett had a lot to do with the Huskies finishing the year with a sparking.974 fielding percentage in Pac-10 play, the secondbest mark in the league. GREGG SWENSON ASSISTANT COACH SECOND YEAR Gregg Swenson, former head baseball coach at Tacoma Community College, joined the Washington staff as the volunteer assistant coach last season. Swensen serves as the Huskies first base coach during games and oversees the outfielders. In his first season in 2002, he helped coach All-Pac-10 pick Tyler Davidson, as well as Jay Garthwaite. Both were drafted following the season. Prior to coming to Washington last year, Jewett spent the last previous years as an assistant under head coach Steve Hertz at Gonzaga. In his last two seasons, the Bulldogs won their division in the West Coast Conference. In 2001, Gonzaga posted a.966 fielding percentage, best in school history, thanks largely to Jewett s efforts. The 1999 team fielded.962, second best in Gonzaga history at the time. Prior to joining the Gonzaga coaching staff, Jewett was head coach at Edmonds (Wash.) Community College. In 1998, his only season with the Tritons, Jewett led Edmonds to the NWAACC championship and was named both the NWAACC Coach of the Year and the National Junior College Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association. That Edmonds team had seven players selected in the Major League Baseball draft. Jewett began his coaching career as the head coach at Tacoma Community College for the 1996 season, where his assistant was current UW volunteer assistant Gregg Swenson. A 1993 graduate of Washington State University, Jewett earned a degree in social science. He played two seasons of baseball at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Wash., before transferring to WSU. Jewett and his wife Tracy have two sons, Tanner and Thomas. The family resides in Seattle. Swenson, who also teaches physical education at Jason Lee Middle School in Tacoma, was named the league coach of the year at Tacoma CC in both 1997 and His teams finished third in the NWAACC the last two seasons and he finished his fiveyear TCC career with a won-lost record of Swenson began his coaching career as an assistant at Sehome High School in Bellingham from 1992 to He helped Sehome to a second-place finish at the state tournament in 1992 and fifth-place finishes in 1993 and In 1996, Swenson moved to Tacoma CC as an assistant coach under head man Travis Jewett, now a fellow second-year assistant at Washington. Swenson attended Olympia High School and Tacoma CC before earning a degree in exercise science and physiology from Western Washington University in In 1997, he completed a master s program in teaching at City University. Swenson and his wife, Diane, a UW grad, reside in Puyallup. JEREMIAH PORTER UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANT Jeremiah Porter, who spent the last three seasons as an outfielder for the Huskies, will spend his final year in college as an undergraduate assistant coach. After three seasons of playing, persistent injuries forced him to end his career. Porter, who played high school ball at Columbia River High in Vancouver, Wash., earned letters in 2001 and 2002 after redshirting the 2000 season. He made nine appearances and started three games as a redshirt freshman in Last season, he collected his first career base hit in his first at bat of the season, doubling in an 11-2 win over Utah last March 1. As an assistant coach, Porter will work with the Husky outfielders and hitters. At Columbia River High, Porter earned all-league, all-state and honorably mention All- America honors. In 1999, he led the team to the AAAA state championship and a 30-4 overall record. He also earned three letters and was an all-leaguer in football. He served as captain of both teams and graduated with a 3.6 grade point average. Porter will graduate with a degree in comparative religion this spring. He is married to former UW gymnast Kim Claussen. 27