v i VMI Baseball J.J. Hollenbeck

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1 P r v i Aftr braking th school rcord for ins in a sason tic in th past thr sasons, th snior class of th VMI basball tam ill b looking to continu that trnd this sason. Hovr, hil that is an admirabl goal, it ill b anothr goal that ill b motivating th Kydts this sason. W hav on goal this sason, says had coach Marlin Iknbrry. To b playing on May 7 in Conay, S.C. for a Big South Championship. To fulfill that goal, th tam ill rly on a linup of vtran hittrs and a young nuclus on th mound. A frshman class that includs tn pitchrs ill s a lot of action for th tam this sason, a corps that may dtrmin much of th Kydts succss of this sason. Starting Pitching Th Kydts lon rturning knd startr is crtainly a good on to hav back. Right-handr J.J. Hollnbck rturns for his snior sason, looking to build on a last yar s campaign that sa him st carr highs in innings pitchd (91.) and strikouts (7) hil tying carr bsts ith four ins and 1 starts. Aftr bginning th sason as th tam s Saturday startr, Hollnbck movd up to starting on Fridays miday through th sason. Don th strtch, h movd to th bullpn, making fiv rlif apparancs in th final to ks of th sason, throing 13 conscutiv scorlss innings and hlping spur th tam on thir scond six-gam in strak of th yar. Slatd as th tam s scond startr is sophomor southpa Try Barham. Aftr srving as th tam s primary mid-k startr J.J. Hollnbck in last sason s final month, Barham ntrnchd himslf as th tam s bst option on Saturday s ith a strong shoing in th fall. Aftr compiling a -1 rcord last sason, Barham ill b countd on to provid quality outings vry knd. Th battl for th tam s third knd and mid-k slots ill most likly com don to finding rliability out of th tam s corps of frshmn. Folloing strong fall outings, RHP Chris Hndrson and RHP Michal Boman ar looking lik th top options for thos spots, though thy can xpct to b pushd by fllo rookis LHP John Phlps, RHP Kvin Crum, LHP Travis Smink and RHP Kvin Booth, as ll as vtrans LHP Richard Litin and RHP John Good. W hav to vry strong startrs coming out of fall practic, said Iknbrry. With J.J. & Try, this ill allo us to hav a righty-lfty combo th first to gams of th knd. Our nxt to startrs ill probably b dtrmind during non-confrnc play from svral of our frshman arms. Many of th rols in our staff ill volv as th sason progrsss. Rlif Pitching With th school s all-tim savs and apparanc ladr and his stup man both graduating last sason, this ara may b th tam s biggst qustion mark. But hat th tam s bullpn may lack in xprinc ill hopfully b mad up for in young talnt, as th bullpn ill gain th srvics of numrous talntd frshmn. In th fall sason, junior Ian Cashr and frshman Matt Edards r imprssiv in closr s rols. Thy ar xpctd to opn th sason as th tam s top options at th nd of th gam, though th tam s othr frshmn mntiond abov may slid into this rol as ll. Among middl rlivrs, hading th class is th tam s top rturning rlivr is junior righty Cory Bachman, ho notchd.1 innings of ork in 13 gams, totaling a. ERA. Bachman ill again b slatd to ork hn ndd in th sixth and svnth innings, hil Litin and Good ar possibilitis thr as ll. Othr options in th pn ar xpctd to includ frshmn lfty Danil Wood and junior righty Isaac Ostlund. As far as our rlif corps gos, don t hav a lot of xprinc coming back, said Iknbrry. W hav many options. A big focus for us in th prsason and non-confrnc play ill b putting our pitchrs in rols that thy fl comfortabl in and can b succssful ith. Catching As anyon involvd in collgiat basball knos, having a pair of catchrs for thos long confrnc knds is a big ky to a tam s succss in th long trm. Th Kydts ill go into th sason confidnt that thy hav a solid combination ith snior Chas Buchanan and frshman Mik Robrts xpctd to shar knd catching dutis. Buchanan ros to th occasion last yar hn h took ovr th tam s starting rsponsibilitis ovr th tam s final month. In that run, during hich th Kydts clinchd th fifth sd in th Big South Championship, Buchanan shod a pnchant for coming up ith th big hit hn his tam ndd it most, as h accountd 1 RBI ith his 13 hits, raising his batting avrag 15 points hn runnrs r on bas in his at bats vrsus hn th bass r mpty. Robrts coms to th Institut ith imprssiv crdntials, as h as namd th Cntral District Playr of th Yar folloing a sason hn h hit.38 hil playing catchr and outfild. Folloing a standout fall sason, Robrts ill challng Buchanan for playing tim, as fllo frshman Chad Wstmorland ill also figur in th mix bhind th plat. For us to b abl to hav a pair of options at catchr lik do this yar is a grat luxury, said Iknbrry. Robrts shod this fall that h has hat it taks to b a Division I catchr, hat v bn most imprssd ith is his arm in throing out basrunnrs. And xpct Chas to pick up hr h lft off at th nd of last sason. Cornr Infild Th Kydts ill rturn to of th Big South s top hom run thrats at th cornr infild positions in snior third basman Klly Sppnhisr and junior first basman Robrt Crumplr. Sppnhisr rturns aftr putting togthr on of th top offnsiv sasons in th Big South, hn h battd.37 ith 18 doubls, 1 hom runs and a slugging prcntag of.4, ach of hich rankd him in th top four in th lagu standings. Th 3 Frshman All-Amrican ill look to go out in styl, as h currntly ranks among th top tn in VMI history in hits (191), doubls (3), hom runs (4) and RBI (18). Last sason, Sppnhisr tid a school rcord ith 18 total bass and collctd th scond-most hits in a singl sason ith 74. Crumplr mrgd last sason as on of th tam s biggst surpriss, slugging tn hom runs and tn doubls as th tam s starting first basman. H rankd scond on th tam ith a.319 batting avrag hil protcting Sppnhisr in th linup, forming on of th Lagu s top 1- punchs. A pair of frshmn r signd to provid dpth at first bas, as Thomas Haydn and Eddi Van Es ach bring imprssiv scholastic crdntials to th program. Along ith junior Jason Major, ho could s tim at DH, th Kydts hav a numbr of options hn Crumplr nds a day off Whil a pair of Kydt startrs in th outfild sa tim at Klly Sppnhisr VMI Basball

2 th hot cornr during fall practic, frshman A.J. Yodr ill b th tam s primary option to backup Sppnhisr. Yodr has takn balls at scond, short and third and may s action at all thr positions bfor his frshman campaign nds. With Sppnhisr and Crumplr starting for us at th cornrs, kno that hav a solid bas for both our linup and infild dfns, said Iknbrry. W fl lik hav som grat frshmn ho can stp in hn ndd at first and third, but r xpcting s anothr grat sason out of to of th ladrs of this tam. Middl Infild Rplacing a four-yar startr is nvr asy, spcially hn that startr playd shortstop, as namd first tam All-Confrnc, bcam a school rcordholdr and signd a profssional contract ith th Txas Rangrs. But that is xactly hat junior Chad Ric ill look to do, as h ill tak ovr shortstop dutis for Matt Smith, ho ndd his 5 sason playing for th Singl A Clinton LumbrKings. Ric has startd 5 gams in his carr, ith a majority of thos coming in his frshman sason. Last yar, h sa action in 5 contsts, primarily at scond bas. Hovr, standout summr and fall sasons hav rasd any doubt that Ric ill b abl to handl th vryday starting job at short. Prhaps th tam s most imprssiv frshman campaign last sason cam from scond basman Shan Gisslingr. Aftr arning th starting nod at scond on th tam s third knd of th sason, Gisslingr startd 39 contsts, hitting.95 hil collcting th scond-highst on-bas prcntag on th tam (.397). That, coupld ith his ight stoln bass in nin attmpts, has givn th Kydt coaching staff th confidnc to install Gisslingr as Smith s rplacmnt as th tam s ladoff man. Shan and Chad ill giv us solid dfns up th middl, said Iknbrry. Our goals on dfns ill dpnd on ho ll Shan Gisslingr dfnd th middl of our fild. Both Chad and Shan had grat fall sasons and bst of all, caught th basball. A.J. ill also s tim at nd, shortstop and 3rd, giving us dpth all around th infild. Outfild Th Kydts ill rturn thr playrs ith starting xprinc that accountd for 11 starts last sason in snior B.T. Good, junior Jacoby Filds and sophomor Klint Rd. Thy ar slatd for starting spots in th outfild this sason, ith Filds xpctd to play lft, Good in cntr and Rd in right. Good startd all 55 contsts for th Kydts last sason, ith a vast majority of thos coming in cntr. Good sa his batting avrag and por numbrs dip last sason, but st carr highs ith a.388 on-bas prcntag and 17 stoln bass in attmpts. Th tam s top basstalr th last to sasons, Good ill b countd on as th tam s vryday cntrfildr. Filds and Rd split tim in lftfild last sason, as Elliott Erb joind Good and Sppnhisr as th only Kydts to start vry gam. Rd ill shift to right this sason, rplacing th graduatd Erb. Th right-handd hitting sophomor is currntly pncild in in th scond slot in th batting ordr aftr displaying th ability to hit for both por (svn doubls and thr hom runs in 17 at bats) and avrag (.99 batting avrag and.398 on-bas prcntag) in limitd tim as a frshman. Th lft-handd hitting Filds ill hlp balanc th Kydt linup hil providing a good mix of por, spd and avrag, prsumably in th scond or fifth spot in th linup. Entring th sason, on of th favorits to fill th tam s dsignatd hittr spot is sophomor Will Smith, ho ill push for playing tim in right fild as ll. A por hittr, Smith should xpct to s mor tim this sason than th four starts h sa last sason. Undrclassmn options in th outfild com in sophomor Travis Mulky and rdshirt frshman spdstr Andr Hains. Our outfild ill b anchord by snior B.T. Good in cntr and Jacoby Filds in lft. Klint Rd and Will Smith ill VMI Basball Projctd Linup Card 1 S. Gisslingr B 3 K. Rd RF 3 7 K. Sppnhisr 3B 4 3 R. Crumplr 1B 5 1 J. Filds LF 5/ Robrts/Buchanan C 7 4 C. Ric SS 8 8 W. Smith DH 9 1 B.T. Good CF P 18 J.J. Hollnbck P compt for th starting rol in right fild. Klint had a vry good frshman yar and Will Smith has th capabilitis in all filds. Travis Mulky and Andr Hains ill provid dpth, hil Mulky ill also s tim as a rsrv catchr. I fl vry confidnt in our outfild options. Coaching Staff Forcd to rplac his ntir coaching staff from th yar bfor, Iknbrry chos to fill his rostr ith provn innrs, as thr coachs hav joind th VMI staff folloing 5 NCAA Rgional apparancs. Ryan Mau coms to th Institut aftr hlping Marist to both a rgular sason and tournamnt championship in th Mtro Atlantic Athltic Confrnc bfor playing a pair of clos gams at th Baton Roug, La. Rgional. A rcord holdr on th mound at th Collg of Charlston, Mau brings thr sasons of profssional playing xprinc in th Marlins organization and in indpndnt ball to th Kydts pitching staff. Formr All-Amrican Jo Hastings joind Iknbrry s staff last summr folloing a trip to th Corvallis, Or. Rgional ith th Virginia Cavalirs. A voluntr assistant in Charlottsvill last sason, Hastings hlpd guid th Cavs on an improbabl run to th ACC Championship gam bfor falling 5-4 to Gorgia Tch, scuring thmslvs a spot in th NCAA Tournamnt in th procss. Hastings playd for thr sasons in th San Digo Padrs organization, topping out in Doubl A, playing for th Mobil BayBars in 3. H ill ork primarily ith th Kydt infild and hittrs this sason, in addition to his third bas coaching dutis in-gam. A four-yar startr for UVA in rightfild, Matt Strt has also joind th Kydt staff, coming on board as th tam s voluntr assistant coach. Strt lft Charlottsvill aftr playing in th scond-most gams in school history, sing action in 19 contsts hil starting in 14. Aftr succssfully convrting 55 of 7 carr stoln bas attmpts, Strt ill ork ith th tam s outfildrs and basrunnrs hil also coaching first bas during gams this sason. Last sason, Jff DMara rrot th VMI rlif pitching rcordbook, capturing th school s carr savs (13) and apparanc marks (14), as ll as th program s singl-sason apparanc mark ith 33. This sason, h ill join th tam as a studnt assistant, hlping to dvlop th tam s hurlrs to rach thir full potntial, as h did on th mound. P r v i VMI Basball 3

3 R os t r No. Nam Pos. B/T HT WT CL Homton/Prvious School 1 B.T. Good OF/IF R/R SR Vinna, VA/Jams Madison Shan Gisslingr IF R/R SO Midlothian, VA/Clovr Hill 3 Klint Rd OF R/R SO Chstrfild, VA/L.C. Bird 4 Chad Ric IF R/R JR Grindston, PA/Bronsvill 5 Michal Robrts C R/R FR Princ Gorg, VA/Princ Gorg Travis Mulky OF R/R SO Nport Ns, VA/Dnbigh 7 Chris Hndrson RHP R/R FR Frdricksburg, VA/Colonial Forg 8 Try Barham LHP L/L - 3 SO Portsmouth, VA/Grnbriar Chr. 9 Will Smith OF L/R SO Richmond, VA/Douglas Frman 1 A.J. Yodr IF L/R FR Bllvill, PA/Indian Vally 11 Andr Hains OF L/R SO/FR Mlfa, VA/Nandua 1 Ian Cashr RHP R/R JR Crsson, PA/Pnn Cambria 13 Danil Wood LHP L/L FR Richmond, VA/Hrmitag 14 Matt Edards RHP/DH R/R FR Midlothian, VA/Midlothian 1 Kvin Booth RHP R/R FR Chsapak, VA/Grat Bridg 17 Michal Boman RHP R/R FR Richmond, VA/Dp Run 18 JJ Hollnbck RHP R/R SR Vinna, VA/Jams Madison Richard Litin LHP L/L SR Virginia Bach, VA/Ocan Laks 1 Jacoby Filds OF L/R JR Princ Gorg, VA/Princ Gorg John Phlps LHP L/L FR Chsapak, VA/Dp Crk 3 Thomas Haydn 1B R/R FR Bdford, VA/Staunton Rivr 4 Michal Clmnts RHP R/R SO/FR Highland, MD/Rivr Hill 5 Isaac Ostlund RHP R/R JR Dayton, VA/Turnr-Ashby Chas Buchanan C R/R 5-11 SR Tazll, VA/Tazll 7 Klly Sppnhisr 3B R/R SR Hrndon, PA/Lin Mountain 8 Cory Bachman RHP R/R - 18 JR Dillsburg, PA/Northrn 9 John Good RHP R/R -3 JR Winchstr, VA/Jams Wood 31 Jason Major DH L/L - 18 Jr. Virginia Bach, VA/Baysid 3 Eddi Van Es 1B/OF L/L FR Hampton, VA/Kcoughtan 33 Kvin Crum RHP R/R - 18 FR Fairfax, VA/Bishop O Connll 34 Chad Wstmorland C R/R FR Surfsid Bach, SC/Socast 35 Travis Smink LHP L/L FR Hrndon, PA/Lin Mountain 3 Robrt Crumplr 1B R/R JR Suffolk, VA/Nansmond-Suffolk 41 Brian Sandridg OF R/R FR* Raphin, VA/Rockbridg County - Than Smith OF L/R JR* Va Bach, VA/First Colonial Had Coach: #19 Marlin Iknbrry (VMI 95), Third sason s: #37 Ryan Mau (Collg of Charlston 1), First sason #38 Jo Hastings (East Carolina 1), First sason #3 Matt Strt (Virginia 4), First sason Studnt Assistant: #15 Jff DMara Managrs: Josh Byrly, Kyl Eastrs *-Will Rdshirt in sason Pronunciation Guid Gisslingr- GICE-ling-rr Barham- BARE-um Jacoby- jah-co-b Ostlund- OAST-lund Sppnhisr- SWEPP-n-hi-sr Iknbrry- I-kn-brry Mau- MAO (As in Maui) Alphabtical Rostr 8 Cory Bachman RHP 8 Try Barham LHP 1 Kvin Booth RHP 17 Michal Boman RHP Chas Buchanan C 1 Ian Cashr RHP 4 Michal Clmnts......RHP 33 Kvin Crum RHP 3 Robrt Crumplr B 14 Matt Edards......RHP/DH 1 Jacoby Filds OF Shan Gisslingr IF 1 B.T. Good OF/IF 9 John Good RHP 11 Andr Hains OF 3 Thomas Haydn B 7 Chris Hndrson RHP 18 J.J. Hollnbck RHP Richard Litin LHP 31 Jason Major DH Travis Mulky OF 5 Isaac Ostlund RHP John Phlps LHP 3 Klint Rd OF 4 Chad Ric IF 5 Michal Robrts C 41 Brian Sandridg RHP 35 Travis Smink LHP -- Than Smith OF 9 Will Smith OF 7 Klly Sppnhisr B 3 Eddi Van Es B/OF 34 Chad Wstmorland C 13 Danil Wood LHP 1 A.J. Yodr IF Kydts By Class Sniors (5) Buchanan, Good, Hollnbck, Litin, Sppnhisr Juniors (9) Bachman, Cashr, Crumplr, Filds, Good, Major, Ostlund, Ric, T. Smith Sophomors (5) Barham, Gisslingr, Mulky, Rd, W. Smith Frshmn (1) Booth, Boman, Clmnts, Crum, Edards, Hains, Haydn, Hndrson, Phlps, Robrts, Sandridg, Smink, Van Es, Wstmorland, Wood, Yodr 4 VMI Basball

4 Virginia-7 Pnnsylvania- Cory Bachman Ian Cashr Chad Ric Travis Smink Klly Sppnhisr A.J. Yodr Try Barham Kvin Booth Michal Boman Chas Buchanan Kvin Crum Robrt Crumplr Matt Edards Jacoby Filds Shan Gisslingr B.T. Good John Good, Jr. Andr Hains Thomas Haydn Chris Hndrson J.J. Hollnbck Richard Litin Jason Major Travis Mulky Isaac Ostlund John Phlps Klint Rd Michal Robrts Brian Sandridg Than Smith Will Smith Eddi Van Es Danil Wood Maryland-1 Michal Clmnts R os Cntr Fild- B.T. Good South Carolina-1 Chad Wstmorland t r Lft Fild- Jacoby Filds Right Fild- Klint Rd Shortstop- Chad Ric nd Bas- Shan Gisslingr B r *-Projctd DH Startr 3rd Bas- Klly Sppnhisr Right-Handd Bats Matt Edards* Travis Mulky Chad Wstmorland Right-Handd P J.J. Hollnbck Chris Hndrson Michal Boman Cory Bachman Kvin Booth Matt Edards John Good Ian Cashr Kvin Crum Michal Clmnts Isaac Ostlund Catchr- Chas Buchanan Mik Robrts Lft-Handd P Try Barham John Phlps Travis Smink Richard Litin Danil Wood 1st Bas- Robrt Crumplr Lft-Handd Bats Will Smith* Eddi Van Es A.J. Yodr Thomas Haydn Andr Hains Jason Major VMI Basball 5 a k do n

5 #1 B.T. Good Snior, OF, R/R # Shan Gisslingr Sophomor, B, R/R #3 Klint Rd Sophomor, OF, R/R #4 Chad Ric Junior, SS, R/R #5 Michal Robrts Frshman, C, R/R # Travis Mulky Sophomor, OF, R/R T h #7 Chris Hndrson Frshman, RHP #8 Try Barham Sophomor, LHP #9 Will Smith Sophomor, OF, L/R #1 A.J. Yodr Frshman, IF, L/R #11 Andr Hains R-Frshman, OF, L/R #1 Ian Cashr #13 Danil Wood Frshman, LHP #14 Matt Edards Frshman, RHP/DH, R/R #1 Kvin Booth Frshman, RHP #17 Michal Boman Frshman, RHP #18 J.J. Hollnbck Snior, RHP # Richard Litin Snior, LHP K y #1 Jacoby Filds Junior, OF, L/R # John Phlps Frshman, LHP #3 Thomas Haydn Frshman, 1B, R/R #4 Michal Clmnts R-Frshman, RHP #5 Isaac Ostlund # Chas Buchanan Snior, C, R/R d t #7 Klly Sppnhisr Snior, 3B, R/R #8 Cory Bachman #9 John Good #31 Jason Major Junior, DH, L/L #3 Eddi Van Es Frshman, 1B/OF, L/L #33 Kvin Crum Frshman, RHP s #34 Chad Wstmorland Frshman, C, R/R #35 Travis Smink Frshman, LHP #3 Robrt Crumplr Junior, 1B, R/R #41 Brian Sandridg Frshman, OF, R/R Than Smith Junior, OF, L/R #19 Marlin Iknbrry Had Coach #37 Ryan Mau #38 Jo Hastings #3 Matt Strt #15 Jff DMara Studnt Assistant 7 VMI Basball