Spiders In The Majors

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1 Renie Martin Debut May 9, 1979 Year Organization IP ERA W L SV ER BB SO H 1979 Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco Philadelphia Career Spiders In The Majors Mike Smith Debut August 26, 2002 Year Organization IP ERA W L SV ER BB SO H 2002 Toronto Minnesota Career Tim Stauffer Debut May 11, 2005 Year Organization IP ERA W L SV ER BB SO H 2005 San Diego San Diego Career Renie Martin played in the 1980 World Series for the Kansas City Royals. Tom Miller Debut July 29, 1918 Year Organization AB BA HR RBI H 2B 3B R SB 1918 Boston (NL) Boston (NL) Career Vern Morgan Debut August 10, 1954 Year Organization AB BA HR RBI H 2B 3B R SB 1954 Chicago (NL) Chicago (NL) Career Jack Sanford Debut August 24, 1940 Year Organization AB BA HR RBI H 2B 3B R SB 1940 Washington (AL) Washington (AL) Washington (AL) Career Tim Stauffer made his Major-League debut in 2005 on the road against Sean Casey and the Cincinnati Reds. Porter Vaughan Debut June 16, 1940 Year Organization IP ERA W L SV ER BB SO H 1940 Philadelphia (AL) Philadelphia (AL) Philadelphia (AL) Career Mike Smith made his Major-League debut in 2002 with the Toronto Blue Jays. Statistics and information gathered from Baseball-Reference.com

2 Spider Alumni On 2006 Pro Teams Bobby Basham -- Mobile BayBears -- San Diego Sean Casey -- Detroit Tigers 2006 World Series Participant Vito Chiaravalloti -- Frederick Keys - Baltimore 12 Matt Craig -- Daytona Cubs -- Chicago (NL) 2006 Florida State League All-Star Jim Fasano -- Frisco RoughRiders - Texas Nic Jackson -- W. Tenn. Diamond Jaxx -- Chicago (NL) 2006 Southern League All-Star Photo by Brad Glazier Brian Jordan -- Atlanta Braves Bryan Pritz -- Wilmington Blue Rocks -- Boston Mike Smith -- Rochester Red Wings -- Minnesota Tim Stauffer -- Portland Beavers -- San Diego Ben Zeskind -- Auburn Doubledays -- Toronto 2006 New York-Penn League All-Star

3 2007 Roster No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown/High School (Last School) 2 Austin Reilly INF Jr R/R Aledo, Texas/Fort Worth Country Day 3 Hank Coogan C Jr R/R Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman HS 4 Andrew Justice OF Sr R/R Henderson, N.C./Northern Vance HS 5 Jason Schofield OF Jr R/R Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge HS (Morris County CC) 6 Chris Vargo OF So L/L Birmingham, Ala./Mountain Brook HS 8 Alex Wotring DH/UT Sr R/R Bethesda, Md./St. John's College HS 9 Ryan Metzroth OF Jr L/R Agoura Hills, Calif./Agoura HS 10 Joe White OF Jr L/L Richmond, Va./Benedictine HS 11 Alex Hale RHP Jr R/R Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep HS 12 Chris Sullivan RHP Fr R/R Chatham, Mass./Noble & Greenough School 13 Marc Terranova INF Fr R/R West Chester, Pa./Unionville HS 14 Victor Croglio INF So R/R Fayetteville, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy 15 Matt McKenna OF Sr R/R Richmond, Va./Benedictine HS 16 Lane Holby RHP Sr R/R Atlanta, Ga./The Westminster School 17 Cameron Brown INF So R/R Troy, N.Y./Bethlehem Central HS 18 Chris Cuppia INF Fr L/R Roswell, Ga./Roswell HS 20 Matt Zielinski LHP Fr L/L Southampton, Pa./LaSalle College HS 21 Vince Riggi OF Sr R/R Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs HS 22 Rob Berzinskas RHP Sr R/R Clinton, Conn./The Morgan School 23 Matt Trent RHP Fr R/R Reidsville, N.C./Rockingham County HS 24 Benji Marshall INF Sr R/R Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg HS (Montgomery Comm. College) 25 Joe Mahoney 1B Jr L/L Troy, N.Y./Central Catholic HS 26 Ian Marshall RHP So R/R Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg HS 27 Brian Alas RHP Jr R/R Port Washington, N.Y./Chaminade HS 28 Andrew Farrey LHP Fr L/L Atlanta, Ga./Chamblee Charter HS 30 Kyle Leith RHP So R/R Naples, Fla./Barron Collier HS 31 Tom McAvoy C Fr R/R Wellesley, Mass./St. Sebastian s School 33 Evan Stehle C Fr R/R Richmond, Va./Monacan HS 37 Scott O Neil C Fr R/R Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS 44 Josh Horn RHP So R/R Valatie, N.Y./Ichabod Crane HS 46 Jay Joines RHP Fr R/R Eure, N.C./Greenbrier Christian Academy (Chesapeake, Va.) Stephen Owens RHP Jr.-IR R/R Sykesville, Md./Cardinal Gibbons HS 29 Ron Atkins Head Coach (Virginia Tech, 1967) 32 Mark McQueen Assoc. Head Coach (Sam Houston State, 1984) 7 Ryan Wheeler Assistant Coach (Penn State, 1994) 19 Joe Frostick Volunteer Assistant Alphabetical Roster No. Name Pos. Yr. Hometown/High School (Last School) 27 Brian Alas RHP Jr. Port Washington, N.Y./Chaminade HS 22 Rob Berzinskas RHP Sr. Clinton, Conn./The Morgan School 17 Cameron Brown INF So. Troy, N.Y./Bethlehem Central HS 3 Hank Coogan C Jr. Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman HS 14 Victor Croglio INF So. Fayetteville, N.Y./Christian Brothers 18 Chris Cuppia INF Fr. Roswell, Ga./Roswell HS 28 Andrew Farrey LHP Fr. Atlanta, Ga./Chamblee Charter HS 11 Alex Hale RHP Jr. Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep HS 16 Lane Holby RHP Sr. Atlanta, Ga./The Westminster School 44 Josh Horn RHP So. Valatie, N.Y./Ichabod Crane HS 46 Jay Joines RHP Fr. Eure, N.C./Greenbrier Christian (Chesapeake, Va.) 4 Andrew Justice OF Sr. Henderson, N.C./Northern Vance HS 30 Kyle Leith RHP So. Naples, Fla./Barron Collier HS 25 Joe Mahoney 1B Jr. Troy, N.Y./Central Catholic HS 24 Benji Marshall INF Sr. Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg HS (Montgomery CC) 26 Ian Marshall RHP So. Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg HS 31 Tom McAvoy C Fr. Wellesley, Mass./St. Sebastian s School 15 Matt McKenna OF Sr. Richmond, Va./Benedictine HS 9 Ryan Metzroth OF Jr. Agoura Hills, Calif./Agoura HS 37 Scott O Neil C Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS Stephen Owens RHP Jr.-IR Sykesville, Md./Cardinal Gibbons HS 2 Austin Reilly INF Jr. Aledo, Texas/Fort Worth Country Day 21 Vince Riggi OF Sr. Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs HS 5 Jason Schofield OF Jr. Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge HS (Morris County CC) 33 Evan Stehle C Fr. Richmond, Va./Monacan HS 12 Chris Sullivan RHP Fr. Chatham, Mass./Noble & Greenough School 13 Marc Terranova INF Fr. West Chester, Pa./Unionville HS 23 Matt Trent RHP Fr. Reidsville, N.C./Rockingham County HS 6 Chris Vargo OF So. Birmingham, Ala./Mountain Brook HS 10 Joe White OF Jr. Richmond, Va./Benedictine HS 8 Alex Wotring DH/UT Sr. Bethesda, Md./St. John's College HS 20 Matt Zielinski LHP Fr. Southampton, Pa./LaSalle College HS Pronunciation Guide Brian (Alas) Rob (Berzinskas) Hank (Coogan) Victor (Croglio) Chris (Cuppia) Andrew (Farrey) Joe (Frostick) Jay (Joines) Kyle (Leith) Joe (Mahoney) (Benji) Marshall (Ian) Marshall (Stephen) Owens Vince (Riggi) Jason (Schofield) Evan (Stehle) Marc (Terranova) Alex (Wotring) Matt (Zielinski) uh-lass ber-zin-skiss KOO-gen CROE-lee-oh COO-pee-uh FAIR-ee FROST-ick JOINS LEETH muh-hone-ee BEN-jee EE-ann STEVE-in RIG-gee SKOH-field STEAL tare-uh-noh-vuh WOTT-ring zeh-lin-skee 13

4 14 Head Coach Ron Atkins # Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee years at Richmond career victories winning seasons -- Seven NCAA Tournament Appearances NCAA Super Regional Appearance -- Five Conference Titles -- Four Conference Tournament Titles Richmond head coach Ron Atkins knows the feeling of success, and that success spans from 1985, when he took the Spider job, to the 2004 season when he finished his 14th winning season at Richmond. Since joining the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2002, Richmond has posted a record of , an mark in the Conference, earned two NCAA Tournament appearances and had four All-Americans. In their inaugural Atlantic 10 year, Atkins led his team into postseason play for the seventh time in school history. The 2002 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year then led his team past Navy and Wake Forest to capture the Winston-Salem Regional Championship. After a threegame Super Regional series loss at Nebraska, the Spiders returned to Richmond with a school-record 53 wins and eight new single-season team marks including runs, RBI, hits and doubles. In 2003, Atkins led the Spiders, who began the season ranked No. 9 by the NCBWA, to their first Atlantic 10 Championship and again into the NCAA Tournament. Richmond travelled to Sunken Diamond in Palo Alto, Calif., and fell in the Regional Championship to eventual College World Series runner-up Stanford. In his Richmond career Atkins teams have set many marks, but as a coach he has also accomplished greatness. In his 15th season at the helm Atkins became the winningest coach in school history by winning his 435th game, surpassing Malcolm Pitt s mark of 434 wins in 37 years. On April 20, 2001, Richmond garnered a 10-3 win over James Madison helping Atkins earn his 500th career win in only 890 games. Since then he has picked up win number 600, and followed it up with number 650 during the 2005 season. Atkins, who has announced his intentions to retire following the 2007 season, was named a 2007 Spider Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee and was enshrined alongside his 2002 Super Regional squad prior to the 2007 baseball season. In 22 years at Richmond, Atkins has compiled a record of and, from , guided the Spiders to 10 consecutive winning seasons and four NCAA Tournament Appearances. The Spiders have won 30 or more games in 10 of the last 16 seasons under Atkins, the winningest all-time coach in Richmond athletics history. Atkins' Milestone Wins 100 April 2, 1989 vs. William and Mary (7-1) 200 May 6, 1992 vs. Virginia Tech (7-1) 300 April 20, 1995 vs. Radford (8-6) 400 April 12, 1998 at Old Dominion (9-0) *435 April 6, 1999 vs. Virginia (8-3) 500 April 20, 2001 vs. James Madison (10-3) 550 May 9, 2002 at Virginia Tech (19-14) 600 May 7, 2003 at Virginia Tech (15-12) 650 March 20, 2005 vs. Xavier (4-2) * - Became Richmond s all-time winningest coach Under Atkins direction, many Spiders have caught the eyes of professional scouts, most notably Atlanta Braves first baseman/outfielder Brian Jordan (1988 Draft, St. Louis) and Detroit Tigers first baseman Sean Casey (1995 Draft, Cleveland). Countless other Richmond alumni have joined baseball s professional ranks. A record five players were taken from the Richmond roster by Major League Baseball in Junior Tim Stauffer was one of those five and became the highest drafted Spider in school history. Stauffer, a native of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., was taken fourth overall by the San Diego Padres in In 2004, Jim Fasano, Bobby Lenoir, Thomas Martin and Bryan Pritz signed professional contracts. Last season, Ben Zeskind was drafted in the 37th round by the Toronto Blue Jays and was named a New York-Penn League All-Star in his first season of professional baseball. The Spiders have consistently had a strong program under Atkins. In only his second season at Richmond he tied the school record for most wins in a season with 24. Two years later his 1988 team posted a mark of to the surpass the old mark. Beginning in 1990, Atkins squads topped its win record in three consecutive seasons, moving the mark to 32 in In 1994, Richmond posted 36 wins and then broke that mark in 1995 with 43 wins. Over the next six seasons the Spiders best win total was 41 before they posted the current record of 53 wins in Atkins amassed a record in his 16 seasons in the Colonial Athletic Association from Under his direction, Richmond won two-straight Colonial Athletic Association titles in 1997 and 1998, and advanced to the CAA Championship finals in eight of 16 seasons.

5 Richmond, which finished its 15-season run in the CAA with a Conference Tournament mark of 36-25, finished second in the 1995 CAA Tournament but was awarded its third NCAA invitation. After finishing atop the league in 1999, the Spiders finished fourth at the CAA Tournament but were awarded their second NCAA at-large bid in five years. Atkins has taken the Spiders to seven of Richmond s eight NCAA Tournament appearances (1986, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2003). The southwest Virginia native was a CAA Coach of the Year in 1991 after posting a Conference mark of In 1999, after garnering a record of and 15-5 in the CAA, he was named Conference Coach of the Year and the State of Virginia Coach of the Year. Atkins team recorded the best season in school history in 2002 (53-13) by winning the Winston-Salem NCAA Regional and advancing to the NCAA Super Regional in Nebraska. Following the landmark season Atkins was awarded his first-ever Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year Award, along with the ATKINS CAREER RECORD BOOK Year Overall Conf. (Place) Tourn. Postseason 1985* * (3rd) 3-1 (1st) NCAA (0-2) 1987* (2nd) * (T5th) * (4th) 3-2 (2nd) * (2nd) 2-2 (3rd) * (1st) 3-2 (2nd) * (2nd) 4-2 (2nd) * (6th) 1-2 (4th) * (T2nd) 3-2 (3rd) * (T2nd) 3-2 (2nd) NCAA (1-2) 1996* (T1st) * (T6th) 4-0 (1st) NCAA (1-2) 1998* (2nd) 4-0 (1st) NCAA (1-2) 1999* (1st) 2-2 (4th) NCAA (3-2) 2000* (6th) * (6th) (1st) 3-2 (2nd) NCAA (4-3) (1st) 4-1 (1st) NCAA (2-3) (3rd) 2-2 (3rd) (6th) 2-2 (3rd) (9th) Total * - Member of Colonial Athletic Association VaSID Coach of the Year honor. Atkins became the sixth head coach in Spider baseball history in 1985 after posting an.813 winning percentage at J.R. Tucker High School in Richmond, Va. His teams captured four District Championships and four State Class 3A crowns. A 1967 graduate of Virginia Tech, Atkins earned his master s in industrial education from Virginia State University and taught at J.R. Tucker for 17 years prior to arriving at Richmond. Atkins and his wife, Rose, have two children, Katie and Andy. SPIDERS DRAFTED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS Year Rd. Player Team th Ben Zeskind Toronto Blue Jays th Derek Duclos New York Yankees th Jim Fasano Texas Rangers 13th Thomas Martin San Francisco Giants 21st Bobby Lenoir Texas Rangers 36th Tim Rice Pittsburgh Pirates st Tim Stauffer San Diego Padres 8th Mike McGirr Oakland Athletics 10th David Reaver New York Mets 15th Vito Chiaravalloti Toronto Blue Jays 28th Adam Tidball Chicago Cubs rd Matt Craig Chicago Cubs th Bobby Basham Cincinnati Reds 18th Brian Lane Boston Red Sox rd Nic Jackson Chicago Cubs 5th Mike Smith Toronto Blue Jays st Casey Burns San Diego Padres 13th Mike Dwyer Boston Red Sox 35th Jeff Kenney Milwaukee Brewers 43rd Nate Rewers Cincinnati Reds th Justin Lamber Kansas City Royals 7th Bobby St. Pierre New York Yankees nd Sean Casey Cleveland Indians 23rd Mark Budzinski Cleveland Indians RON ATKINS VS.ALL OPPONENTS Opponent W L T Alabama Albany American Appalachian State Auburn Augusta Baylor Brown Bucknell C.W. Post UC-Riverside Campbell Charleston Southern Charlotte Christopher Newport The Citadel Clemson Cleveland State Coast Guard Academy Coastal Carolina Columbus Connecticut Coppin State Davidson Dayton Delaware Delaware State Drexel Duke Duquesne East Carolina East Tennessee State Eckerd Elon Erskine Evansville Florida Florida Southern Florida State Fordham Furman George Mason George Washington Georgetown Georgia Hartford Holy Cross Illinois-Chicago Jacksonville James Madison Kent Kent State Kentucky La Salle LeMoyne Liberty Lock Haven Longwood Maryland Md. Baltimore Co Md. Eastern Shore Massachusetts Miami (FL) Millersville Monmouth Mount St. Mary's Navy Nebraska New Hampshire New York Tech Norfolk State North Carolina UNC Greensboro NC State UNC Wilmington North Florida Northeastern Northern Illinois Northwestern Ohio State Oklahoma State Old Dominion Oneonta Oregon State Oswego State Pace Pembroke State Penn State Princeton Providence Quinnipiac Radford Rhode Island Rider Saint Joseph's Saint Louis St. Augustine's St. Bonaventure St. John's St. Leo's Seton Hall South Carolina South Carolina-Aiken South Florida Stanford Stetson Temple Tennessee Towson Vermont Virginia VCU VMI Virginia Tech Wake Forest West Chester West Virginia Western Carolina Wilkes William & Mary William Patterson Winthrop Xavier Yale

6 Mark McQueen #32 Associate Head Coach Pitchers 13th Season at Richmond (First since 2000) Sam Houston State, Head Coach Ron Atkins, who will retire following the 2007 season, passes on a cap and jersey to Mark McQueen, June 30, 2006, at a press conference where it was announced McQueen will be Atkins successor. McQueen will serve as Associate Head Coach in 2007 then assume head coaching duties at the end of the season. Mark McQueen, a Richmond Baseball assistant coach from , enters his first season as the Spiders Associate Head Coach in Following the 2006 season, Richmond s current head coach Ron Atkins announced his retirement effective following the 2007 season when McQueen will assume the role of Spider Baseball Head Coach. McQueen returns to Richmond after spending the previous six seasons ( ) as the pitching coach at VCU. The 2003 Collegiate Baseball National Pitching Coach of the Year helped the Rams to an overall mark of in six seasons, including four NCAA Tournament appearances. His 2003 pitching staff sported a national-best 2.54 ERA while leading the Rams to a mark, a Colonial Athletic Association Championship and berth in the NCAA Tournament. A total of eight pitchers were drafted from VCU during his six seasons with the Rams, including current Chicago Cub hurler Sean Marshall and San Diego Padre reliever Cla Meredith. In all, a total of 23 pitchers under McQueen s direction have been selected by Major League teams, including 15 during his 12 seasons at Richmond. McQueen, a native of Ankeny, Iowa, along with Atkins, helped lead the Spiders to an overall mark of in his 12 seasons with Richmond from In those 12 seasons McQueen helped take the Spiders to the Colonial Athletic Association title game seven times, won the Conference Championship twice and earned four NCAA Tournament berths. A number of individual performances during McQueen s Richmond tenure still rank among the Spiders all-time Top-10 lists, including Sean Gavaghan s ( ) all-time lead in career wins with 33. Two other Spiders under McQueen s tutelage still rank among the all-time Top-5 in career wins, including Mike Smith s ( ) 31 victories and Bobby St. Pierre s ( ) 28 wins. Smith (337), Gavaghan (291) and St. Pierre (282) all rank behind former Spider Tim Stauffer s total of 362 in the Top- 5 for all-time career strikeouts. Five of McQueen s former Spider pitchers rank tied among the Top-3 in single-season wins with 11, including St. Pierre s 11-1 (.917) mark in 1994 which is also second all-time on Richmond s single-season winning percentage list. McQueen is a 1984 graduate of Sam Houston State where he compiled a mark of 13-5 in two seasons with the Bearkats, including a perfect 7-0 mark as a senior. Prior to his career at Sam Houston State, McQueen attended Iowa Western Community College for two years and competed in the 1980 Junior College World Series. After receiving a Business Administration degree from Sam Houston State, McQueen signed with the Detroit Tigers organization and pitched one season for the Tri-City Triplets of the Northwest League. After being forced out of baseball due to an elbow injury, McQueen started his coaching career at Iowa State as an assistant coach. McQueen spent one season on the Cyclones staff in 1988, going in Ames, Iowa. He also worked two years at the Cyclone Midwest Baseball School as the Assistant Director of Operations and pitching instructor. McQueen and his wife, Michelle, have two children, Travis and Tara. I am looking forward to working with Coach Atkins during his final season. I am also excited about being named head coach and continuing the great tradition of Spider Baseball. -- Mark McQueen The McQueen File Date of Birth...April 26, 1961 Hometown...Ankeny, Iowa Wife...Michelle Children...Travis, Tara Education...Sam Houston State, BA - Business Administration Playing Experience... Tri-City Triplets (Detroit Tigers Franchise)...Sam Houston State...Iowa Western CC Coaching Experience Iowa State...Assistant Coach Richmond...Assistant Coach VCU...Assistant Coach

7 Ryan Wheeler #7 Assistant Coach Recruiting Coordinator/Outfielders/Hitters First Season at Richmond Penn State, 1994 Ryan Wheeler begins his first season as a Spider assistant coach. Wheeler will direct all of Richmond recruiting efforts while focusing on instruction for both the hitters and outfielders. One of the most respected coaches in the East, Wheeler joins the Spider coaching staff after serving one season as an assistant at Penn prior to a nineyear stint as an assistant at the College of William & Mary. His coaching efforts helped the Tribe set several school records during his tenure, including a ranking of No. 10 nationally in team hitting and 14th in the country in runs scored per game following the 2004 season. Wheeler helped guide the 2001 William & Mary squad to a then-school record 35 wins enroute to its first-ever Colonial Athletic Association Championship and berth in the NCAA Regionals. Wheeler has mentored a total of 14 players taken in the Major League Baseball Draft, including Brendan Harris (Chicago - NL, 2001), Chris Ray (Baltimore, 2003), Chris Shaver (Chicago - NL, 2004) and Bill Bray (Montreal, 2004). Wheeler has also helped several student-athletes attain All-America and Freshman All-America honors including Michael Brown (2003), Chris Rahl (2004), Forest Cory (2003) and Greg Sexton (2004). A graduate of Penn State, Wheeler was a 31st-round draft pick of the California Angels in Wheeler and his wife, Nora, have two children, Jack and Kevin. Joe Frostick #19 Volunteer Assistant Coach Catchers/Hitters Second Season at Richmond 17 Joe Frostick begins his second year as the Spiders volunteer assistant coach. Frostick s primary responsibility is for the Richmond catchers and will assist Wheeler with hitting instruction. Frostick came to Richmond prior to the 2006 season after five years coaching at Douglas Freeman High School and the Post 125 American Legion squad in Richmond. The Henrico High School graduate played one year of both football and baseball at North Carolina in Frostick s father, Douglas, played both football and baseball at Richmond. The elder Frostick s football coach was Ed Merrick, while his baseball coach for the Spiders was the legendary Mac Pitt. Frostick, a native of Richmond, Va., has two children, Whitney and Blake. Richmond Spider Baseball Support Staff Harold Babb NCAA Faculty Representative Brian Beck Athletic Trainer Ken Hart Athletic Equipment Mgr. Maria Hickman Academic Coordinator George Ivey Admissions Coordinator Joe Maher Strength & Conditioning Daniel McCarthy Asst. Dir. of Ath./Compliance Scott Meyer Athletic Public Relations Jim Miller Athletics Director Laree Pearl Sugg Asst. Dir. of Ath./SWA Allison Vogler Student-Athlete Family Coor. David Walsh Deputy Athletics Director

8 2007 Preview Alex Wotring Rob Berzinskas 18 Hall of Fame head coach Ron Atkins enters his 23rd season at Richmond, knowing it will be his last, but not planning to approach it any different than the previous 22 seasons. Prior to the season he discussed what he sees the 2007 squad being able to achieve, how the new coaching staff will effect the team and his idea of a storybook ending to What are your team s goals for the upcoming season? This year the Atlantic 10 is going to be pretty strong. I think one of our main goals is to be in the top six at the end of the season so we get to the A-10 Tournament. Overall, I think our goal is to improve on our performance from last season. We would like to keep our pitching staff healthy and just get back into the conference tournament with a shot at playing in a regional. What are the strengths of this year s team? If our pitching staff is healthy, with the likes of Ian Marshall, Rob Berzinskas and Alex Hale, we should be pretty strong. Offensively, we should score more runs compared to last season. Even without Ben Zeskind I think we will be able to score more runs because our guys are a year older and stronger. We have some guys who are going to be able to help in producing those runs. Defensively, I didn t think we were a very good ballclub last year. We have to tighten up our defense. Overall, I feel like if we are able to stay healthy then our pitching staff should be a big strength for us. Who are some of the leaders for this team, both on and off the field? Alex Wotring is definitely an on-the-field leader as well as off the field. Fifth-year senior Andrew Justice brings some credibility and is a great kid as well as a great leader. Rob Berzinskas knows what he has to do this year, being his fourth season, and I think he will lead our staff. Those guys are going to be very beneficial in leading our team. If Joe Mahoney is able to have a good year then we will see results from the entire team. If we can get somebody to hit in front and behind him then he should have some great numbers. If all of that works then we are going to win some ballgames. We will look for Cameron Brown to put up some bigger numbers than he did last season. Justice should also be a major contributor offensively. We would also like to see Wotring, Matt McKenna and Vince Riggi add some firepower to the offensive part of our ballclub. Matt McKenna Who are some of the newcomers you see contributing right away? We have to get some good innings out of our younger pitchers. They are going to be very instrumental in our success. We are probably going to have to bring Evan Stehle along so he can possibly catch every other game. We feel with his bat, Stehle could really help us right away. Matt Zielinski is another newcomer who will contribute right away, in fact he will probably be considered for one of our weekend starter roles right out of the gate. Are you approaching this season any different since you know it is your last? I am not going to approach this season any different than I have the last 22 years. I am going to continue to coach third base, but if it gets to the point where it is a detriment to the team then I won t go out there -- especially when I can t get out of the way of the line drives. I am going to coach the same way I have in the past since this season still counts against our record. How will the new staff influence the team? I think having our new associate head coach Mark McQueen will help stabilize our pitching staff a great deal. Ryan Wheeler has done a great job so far and he will continue to help the players in a number of ways. Joe Frostick is in his second season and will continue to do a great job for us. Our hitting philosophies are basically the same as what we have had in the past and with those Ryan will add stability to our offense. What will you remember most about your 23-year career here at Richmond? I hope I remember the good times and forget the bad times. Being in Lincoln, Neb., for the 2002 Super Regional was a joy. You remember the Regionals and a lot of the CAA Championship games were always dogfights facing such great competition. I will remember the players -- Sean Casey, Mike Walton, Brian Jordan and Vito Chiaravalotti just to name a few. I will always remember what the players have gone on to become. The one memory I can always recall is Vito s homerun in Lincoln, Neb., and there being total silence in that ballpark full of red. What would be a story-book ending for this season? I would love for us to play well enough down the stretch to win the A-10 Tournament and get into a Regional. The way it is situated now, once you get there, you have a good chance of advancing. We just have to get there. That would definitely be a storybook ending. Vince Riggi

9 Meet The Spiders Brian Alas #27 Junior RHP R/R Port Washington, N.Y Chaminade HS Richmond Career Highs Innings Pitched , Radford (5/10/05) Most Hits Allowed -- 10, James Madison (4/13/05) Most ER Allowed -- 11, Virginia (5/3/05) Walks -- 6, The Citadel (2/20/05) Strikeouts -- 8, James Madison (4/13/05) 2006 (Sophomore): Made 27 appearances, including one start for the Spiders His 27 appearances rank second on the Richmond single-season record list Finished with an 8.85 ERA over 39.2 inning of work Garnered four saves in six chances (Freshman): Led the Spiders in wins with seven and a record of Appeared in a teamhigh 21 games, making 10 starts... Worked one complete game and was part of one combined shutout... Finished the season with an ERA of 6.15 in 74.2 innings... Gave up 60 runs on 86 hits and 33 walks... Struck out 61 and limited opponents to a.290 average... Named Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week, Feb Earned two A-10 Rookie of the Week honors, Feb. 21 and April 4. High School and Personal: Was a four-year letterwinner in baseball and basketball at Chaminade High School... Awarded the Frank Boiler Burns Award for the second most outstanding student-athlete in his senior class of Served a captain of the baseball and basketball team his senior year... Was an All-Long Island selection following his junior year... Hit.429, including 29 RBI in an 18 game span his junior season... Finished his career at Chaminade with a mark of 22-4 on the mound. Alas Career Stats Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA TOTAL Alas Career Atlantic 10 Stats Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA TOTAL Rob Berzinskas #22 Senior RHP R/R Clinton, Conn. The Morgan School Richmond Career Highs Innings Pitched , Duquesne (5/26/04) Most Hits Allowed -- 9, 2x, last Rhode Island (4/9/05) Most ER Allowed -- 9, Rhode Island (4/9/05) Walks -- 6, Massachusetts (3/31/06) Strikeouts -- 11, Princeton (3/11/06) 2006 (Junior): Earned Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week honors once during the season Made eight starts before ending the season with an arm injury Worked 41.2 innings and finished with a mark of 3-1 and ERA of 6.70 Struckout 47 in just over 41 innings, while allowing just 41 hits Moved his name into seventh on the Spiders alltime career strikeout list with 215 in three seasons His career ERA of 4.17 entering 2007 is 10th-best all-time for the Spiders (Sophomore): Finished the season with 102 strikeouts in just 84.0 innings... His 10.9 strikeouts per nine innings ranked 17th in the country... Ranked third in the Atlantic 10 with 102 punchouts, just nine behind first place... Led all Spider starters with an ERA of 3.54 in 17 appearances including 14 starts... Worked three complete games and was part of one combined shutout... Set career-high strikeout plateaus four times with his best of 10 coming against George Washington (April 16) and Duquesne (May 15)... Ran his streak of innings without an earned run in the Atlantic 10 Championships to 16.0 by shutting out Fordham over seven innings... Earned All- Atlantic 10 Tournament honors following the postseason tourney (Freshman): Made 17 appearances, including nine starts... Threw the first complete-game shutout of his career against La Salle May His 3.47 ERA ranked second on the team... Pitched his second complete game against Duquesne in the A-10 Championships... Named the A-10 co-rookie of the Week May Posted a 6-3 record while striking out 66 in 72.2 innings of work... His 72.2 innings of work ranked third among A-10 freshmen. High School and Personal: Awarded four letters in baseball and three in basketball at The Morgan School... Named captain of baseball team his senior season... Selected Conference Pitcher of the Year following his senior season... Named First Team All-State and All-League following his senior season... Named to the All-Conference Academic Team... Finished his senior season with a mark of 12-0 and an ERA of 0.43, while striking out 112 in only 67.0 innings. Berzinskas Career Stats Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA TOTAL Berzinskas Career Atlantic 10 Stats Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA TOTAL

10 Meet The Spiders Cameron Brown #17 Sophomore INF R/R Troy, N.Y Bethlehem Central HS Richmond Career Highs At-Bats -- 6, James Madison (4/18/06) Runs -- 3, Dayton (4/7/06) Hits -- 3, 6x, last Liberty (4/19/06) HR -- 1, 3x, last St. Bonaventure (5/30/06) RBI -- 4, 2x, last George Washington (5/13/06) 2006 (Freshman): Named to the Second Team All-Atlantic 10 as a third baseman Also part of the All-Rookie A- 10 Squad Was named a Freshman All-America third baseman by Collegiate Baseball Was an Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week once during the season Hit.305, playing in all but one game for the Spiders Finished second on the squad with 40 driven in on a total of 60 hits Ranked second on the team with 17 two-out RBI, while leading the team with six game-tying RBI Hit.317 in league-play, including 20 RBI and all three of his homers on the season. High School and Personal: Named the Times Union and Troy Record Player of the Year in 2005 Competed for the Pony National team in the 2004 USA Baseball Tournament of Stars Was the 2004 Co-MVP of the North- Atlantic Connie Mack Regional Was a 2004 First Team All-Area selection by the Troy Record Named 2005 Second Team All-State As a junior was listed in Baseball America s Top-50 High School prospects and was among The Perfect Game s Top-200 High School prospects as a junior. Brown s Career Stats Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% TOTAL Brown s Career Atlantic 10 Stats Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% TOTAL Hank Coogan #3 Junior C R/R Richmond, Va. Douglas Freeman HS Richmond Career Highs At-Bats -- 6, St. Bonaventure (4/3/05) Runs -- 2, Delaware (2/25/06) Hits -- 3, 2x, last Saint Joseph s (4/30/05) HR -- 1, Delaware (2/25/06) RBI -- 3, 3x, last Duquesne (4/23/06) 2006 (Sophomore): Played in 46 games, while making 38 starts Started 36 games for the Spiders at catcher Finished the season with a.315 average, while scoring 14 runs and driving in 25 Threw out 18 would-be base stealers in his time behind the plate Logged 46 hits including 10 doubles, one triple and his first two career homers Stole three bases and led the team in sacrifice hits with eight on the year (Freshman): Appeared in 27 games including 13 starts... Drove in four with 14 hits in 53 at-bats... Sported an average of.264 and scored six runs. High School and Personal: Played and lettered in his senior season at Freeman High School... Played and lettered three seasons at The Taft School in Watertown, Conn... Selected as a team captain at Taft prior to senior season and before moving to Richmond s Freeman High School... Named All-District, All-Region, All-Metro and Honorable Mention All-State as a senior... Selected as the team MVP following his senior season... Helped fellow Spider Joe White lead the Legion Post 125 to the District Championship in the summer of Hit.467 as a senior, including one homerun and 13 RBI... Finished the summer of 2004 with an average of.470, three homeruns and 21 RBI. Coogan s Career Stats Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% TOTAL Coogan s Career Atlantic 10 Stats Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% TOTAL