2009 Notebook. a seven-run seventh, walking away with a win and giving the Pirates their first regular season title since 2004.

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2 2009 Notebook Members of the 2009 senior class: Back Row (L to R) Brandon Henderson, Stephen Batts, Ryan Wood and Drew Schieber. Front Row (L to R): Britton Cole, Trent Ashcraft and Bailey Daniels. ECU Hosts Regional At Clark-LeClair Stadium For the first time in facility history, East Carolina s Clark-LeClair Stadium served as one of 16 regional sites for the opening round of The Road To Omaha when the Pirates garnered their fifth No. 1 seed at the Greenville Regional in With the top seed, the Pirates made their 24th NCAA appearance, 10th in the last 11 seasons and third straight under Head Coach Billy Godwin. Regular Season C-USA Champions The Pirates claimed their second Conference USA regular season crown in 2009 after posting a 17-7 record in league play, finishing one game ahead of perennial baseball power Rice (16-8). Heading into the final weekend of conference action, the Pirates trailed the Owls by one game with a three-game home series against Memphis on the horizon. After taking the first two games from Memphis and Rice splitting a pair with UAB, the Pirates and Owls were tied in the standings with one game remaining. ECU completed the series sweep of Memphis on senior Brandon Henderson s walkoff three-run shot to right field giving the Pirates a 13-2 victory in seven innings. Meanwhile, Rice looked to be on its way to a share of the league title taking a 9-1 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning, but the hometown Blazers roared back scoring 14 runs in the next four frames, including a seven-run seventh, walking away with a win and giving the Pirates their first regular season title since NCAA Greenville Regional Champions In arguably the most exciting game ever inside Clark-LeClair Stadium, Devin Harris lifted the Pirates to a 10-9 victory in 10 innings over South Carolina in the NCAA Greenville Regional Championship game on June 1. The win sent the Pirates to Chapel Hill for their third NCAA Super Regional in school history, where they dropped both games to North Carolina 10-1 and 9-3. Trailing 6-0 in the fifth frame, ECU pushed across a pair of runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, while South Carolina 88

3 added two runs in the eighth putting the score at 8-6 and setting up a dramatic come from behind win for the Pirates. In the ninth, Brandon Henderson and Dustin Harrington drew back-to-back walks before Harris lifted a 0-1 count to left field knotting the game at nine. With one away in the bottom of the 10th, Kyle Roller doubled to the wall in center before Harrington flew out to right. After the Gamecocks brought in reliever Sam Dyson, Harris sat on a 3-1 count and knocked a single to center that was just deep enough to score Roller and give the Pirates the win. Five Pirates took home Regional All- Tournament honors with sophomore Trent White claiming Most Outstanding Player honors. Joining Whitehead were Kevin Brandt (LHP), Henderson (INF), Roller (DH) and Ryan Wood (INF). Pirate Trio Earns All-America Honors Ryan Wood joined Cory Scott (2000), Greg Bunn (2004) and Seth Maness (2008) as the only players in school history to be named to five all-america squads during a single season. The senior second baseman, who led the team with a.379 average, garnered honors from Ping!Baseball (first-team), NCBWA (second-team), Collegiate Baseball (third-team), Baseball America (third-team) and ABCA/Rawlings (third-team). Roller, who set career-highs in average (.336), games played (66), runs (63), hits (86), doubles (12), home runs (16), RBIs (75), walks (32) and hit by pitches (24), earned first-team all-america honors from ABCA/ Rawlings and Ping!Baseball. Kevin Brant became the 10th Pirate to earn freshman all-america honors after his selections by Collegiate Baseball and Ping!Baseball. The lefthander made 28 appearances in 2009, logging six starts, and posted a 9-2 record. Brandt finished his rookie campaign with a 3.64 ERA and 72 strikeouts, while walking just 24 batters in 81.2 innings pitched. On April 27 he was named Conference USA Pitcher-of-the- Week after leading ECU to a shutout victory over then - No. 1 North Carolina. ECU Ranked For 19-Straight Weeks The 2009 Pirates tied a school-record by spending 19 consecutive weeks in the national polls, which started on Jan. 13 when they were tabbed preseason No. 27 by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). After starting the season 5-1, the Pirates quickly moved into the national spotlight garnering national rankings in six weekly polls. After closing out the 2009 season with a overall record, which included its third Super Regional appearance since 2001, ECU garnered Top 20 rankings in six final polls. The Pirates finished No. 15 by ESPN/USA Today and Rivals.com, while being tabbed No. 16 by Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA, and No. 17 from Baseball America and Ping!Baseball. It marks the 13th time in school history the Pirates were ranked in the final polls. Godwin Named Keith LeClair Coach-of-the-Year In his fourth season as the Pirate skipper, Billy Godwin guided the Pirates to their third consecutive NCAA Regional appearance and its first Super Regional since 2004 when they claimed the Greenville Regional title inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. Godwin became just the second ECU coach to record three straight 40-plus win seasons (Keith LeClair, ) after posting a leaguebest mark that lead to the 2009 Conference USA regular season crown. His 2009 squad was one of the most prolific offenses in the nation, finishing with a NCAA-best 814 hits and ranking among the national leaders in runs (4th/565), doubles (6th/154), home runs (7th/108), slugging percentage (12th/.546) and batting average (15th/.339), while also leading C-USA (all games) with a.415 on-base percentage, 523 RBI and 1,310 total bases and a.971 fielding percentage. For the third consecutive season the Pirates ranked first in home runs belting a school-record 108 to follow-up their 89 homers in 2008 and 68 in Eight Pirates Earn All-Conference Honors The Pirates landed the most All-Conference selections with seven, including a league-best five first-teamers in Stephen Batts (OF), Chris Heston (RHP), Seth Maness (RHP), Kyle Roller (DH) and Ryan Wood (INF). Brad Mincey (RHP) and Trent Whitehead (OF) were named second-team, while Kevin Brandt (LHP) took home All-Freshman Team accolades. Heston became the second Pirate to be named Newcomer-of-the-Year following Justin Bristow s selection in Henderson Awarded Honorary No. 23 Jersey Senior first basemen Brandon Henderson became the seventh recipient of the honorary No. 23 jersey, which was the number worn by the late ECU head coach Keith LeClair throughout his coaching and playing career. Henderson started all 54 games played batting.330 with a career-best 13 home runs and 57 RBI, while collecting 70 hits and scoring 34 runs. Pirates Receive Academic Honors Mike Anderson, Shawn Armstrong, Jared Avchen, Brett Bowers, Ethan Brown, Jacob Davis, Dustin Harrington, Brandon Henderson, Chris Heston, Austin Homan, Seth Maness, James McGhee, Kyle Roller, Drew Schieber and Zach Wright were all named to the Conference USA Commissioner s Honor Roll after maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better during the academic year. For the second straight year, Schieber was one of 17 ECU student-athletes named to the PCS Phosphate All-Academic Team at the annual Breakfast of Champions event in May of Schieber and Avchen also took home the Academic Excellence Award. Five Pirates Selected In MLB Draft After having 23 players taken in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft since 2003, five Pirates heard their names called in the 2009 draft, with four being selected on the second day. Devin Harris was taken first when the Baltimore Orioles chose him with the 236th overall pick in the eighth round. Ryan Wood was drafted by the Kansas City Royals as a pitcher in the 11th round (pick No. 332) just before Chris Heston heard his name called in the 12th round by the San Francisco Giants (pick No. 357). Stephen Batts was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies with the 587th overall pick as a first baseman in round 19, while Kyle Roller was chosen by the Oakland Athletics in the 47th round (pick No. 1413) on the final day of the amateur draft. Roller Named National Player-of-the-Week Kyle Roller became the third player in school history to earn National Player-ofthe-Week honors from NCBWA back on Mar. 24 after he led the Pirates to a perfect 5-0 week where ECU outscored its opponents 90 to 17. Roller batted.591 (13-for-22) on the week with four home runs, 15 RBI, two walks, one strikeout and was plunked five times, while hitting safely in all five contests and posting four multi-hit and multi-rbi games. 89

4 2009 Game Results Date Opponent W/L Score ECU r-h-e OPP r-h-e Inn. Overall C-USA Pitcher of Record Att. Time Feb 20, 2009 MONMOUTH W Maness (W 1-0) :27 Feb 21, 2009 MONMOUTH W Heston (W 1-0) :29 Feb 22, 2009 MONMOUTH W Sowers (W 1-0) :49 Feb 26, 2009 OKLAHOMA STATE W Brandt (W 1-0) :55 Feb 27, 2009 ST. JOHN S W Mincey (W 1-0) :54 Feb 27, 2009 OKLAHOMA STATE 6-7 L Somers (L 0-1) :32 Mar 04, 2009 OLD DOMINION W Mincey (W 2-0) :05 Mar 06, 2009 vs Le Moyne W Brandt (W 2-0) :13 Mar 07, 2009 vs Indiana W Heston (W 2-0) 744 2:54 Mar 08, 2009 at Georgia Southern 4-14 L Sowers (L 1-1) :59 Mar 10, 2009 UNC ASHEVILLE W Mincey (W 3-0) :28 Mar 11, 2009 UNC ASHEVILLE W Armstrong (W 1-0) :13 Mar 13, 2009 UCLA 9-10 L Mincey (L 3-1) :58 Mar 13, 2009 UCLA 6-8 L Sowers (L 1-2) :36 Mar 14, 2009 UCLA W Brandt (W 3-0) :09 Mar 17, 2009 RICHMOND W Somers (W 1-1) :26 Mar 18, 2009 NORFOLK STATE W Daniels (W 1-0) :17 * Mar 20, 2009 UCF W Heston (W 3-0) :09 * Mar 21, 2009 UCF W Maness (W 2-0) :44 * Mar 22, 2009 UCF W Brandt (W 4-0) :30 Mar 24, 2009 at Campbell W Simmons (W 1-0) 817 3:45 Mar 25, 2009 UNC WILMINGTON W Mincey (W 4-1) :13 * Mar 27, 2009 at Marshall W Heston (W 4-0) 427 3:01 * Mar 27, 2009 at Marshall W Mincey (W 5-1) 397 2:56 * Mar 29, 2009 at Marshall 2-6 L Brandt (L 4-1) 433 2:30 Mar 31, 2009 ELON W Somers (W 2-1) :56 Apr 01, 2009 at NC State W Mincey (W 6-1) :25 * Apr 03, 2009 at UAB W Heston (W 5-0) 403 2:56 * Apr 04, 2009 at UAB W Maness (W 3-0) 685 3:38 * Apr 04, 2009 at UAB W Mincey (W 7-1) 685 2:52 Apr 07, 2009 at North Carolina 1-3 L Somers (L 2-2) :06 Apr 08, 2009 at UNC Wilmington 3-8 L Wright, M. (L 0-1) :58 * Apr 10, 2009 RICE L Simmons (L 1-1) :28 * Apr 11, 2009 RICE W Maness (W 4-0) :53 * Apr 12, 2009 RICE 4-5 L Mincey (L 7-2) :09 Apr 14, 2009 CAMPBELL 8-12 L (8) Anderson, M. (L 0-1) :29 Apr 15, 2009 NC STATE W Brandt (W 5-1) :42 * Apr 17, 2009 at Tulane 4-7 L Daniels (L 1-1) :50 * Apr 18, 2009 at Tulane W Maness (W 5-0) :51 * Apr 19, 2009 at Tulane 3-4 L Mincey (L 7-3) :21 Apr 21, 2009 ELON W Simmons (W 2-1) :32 Apr 22, 2009 NORTH CAROLINA W Brandt (W 6-1) :32 * Apr 24, 2009 SOUTHERN MISS W Heston (W 6-0) :54 * Apr 25, 2009 SOUTHERN MISS W Maness (W 6-0) :39 * Apr 25, 2009 SOUTHERN MISS 1-2 L Mincey (L 7-4) :51 Apr 28, 2009 at Elon 8-10 L Wright, M. (L 0-2) :24 May 01, 2009 LOUISIANA W Heston (W 7-0) :09 May 02, 2009 LOUISIANA W Maness (W 7-0) :29 May 03, 2009 LOUISIANA W Mincey (W 8-4) :27 * May 08, 2009 at Houston 4-5 L Daniels (L 1-2) 981 2:21 * May 09, 2009 at Houston W Maness (W 8-0) :27 * May 10, 2009 at Houston W Brandt (W 7-1) 988 3:04 May 12, 2009 at UNC Wilmington W Anderson, M. (W 1-1) :44 * May 14, 2009 MEMPHIS W Simmons (W 3-1) :43 * May 15, 2009 MEMPHIS W Maness (W 9-0) :15 * May 16, 2009 MEMPHIS W (7) Mincey (W 9-4) :29 ^ May 20, 2009 vs UCF W Brandt (W 8-1) :31 ^ May 21, 2009 at Southern Miss 2-5 L Maness (L 9-1) :22 ^ May 22, 2009 vs Tulane 0-3 L Mincey (L) :27 # May 30, 2009 BINGHAMTON W Daniels (W 2-2) :53 # May 30, 2009 SOUTH CAROLINA 2-12 L Maness (L 9-2) :53 # May 31, 2009 at Binghamton W Mincey (W 10-5) :21 # May 31, 2009 at South Carolina W Brandt (W 9-1) :51 # Jun 01, 2009 SOUTH CAROLINA W (10) Wright, M. (W 1-2) :11 % Jun 06, 2009 at North Carolina 1-10 L Maness (L 9-3) :08 % Jun 07, 2009 at North Carolina 3-9 L Brandt (L 9-2) :04 * = Conference game ^ = C-USA Tournament # = Greenville Regional % = North Carolina Super Regional () = Innings 90

5 2009 Statistics Record: Home: 30-8 Away: Neutral: 3-1 C-USA: Batting Statistics Player 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% 16 WOOD, Ryan WHITEHEAD, Trent HOMAN, Austin BATTS, Stephen HARRIS, Devin ROLLER, Kyle HENDERSON, Brandon AVCHEN, Jared HARRINGTON, Dustin SCHIEBER, Drew FREEMAN, Cameron THOMPSON, Corey BOWERS, Brett RATLEDGE, Jonathan WRIGHT, Zach SUTTON, Broc ASHCRAFT, Trent Totals Opponents LOB - Team (543), Opp (525). DPs turned - Team (39), Opp (59). CI - Team (1), Avchen 1. IBB - Team (8), Batts 3, Roller 2, Whitehead 2, Henderson 1, Opp (14). Picked off - Whitehead 2, Wright, Z. 1, Harrington,D 1, Harris 1, Henderson Pitching Statistics Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 29 MINCEY, Brad BRANDT, Kevin SIMMONS, Seth HESTON, Chris DANIELS, Bailey MANESS, Seth SOMERS, Patrick WRIGHT, Mike SOWERS, Sthil WOOD, Ryan WILDER, Mark HONEYCUTT, Lance COLE, Britton ARMSTRONG, Shawn ANDERSON, Mike O MALLEY, Joe Totals Opponents PB - Team (8), Wright, Z. 6, Avchen 2, Opp (25). Pickoffs - Team (13), Brandt 5, Maness 5, Honeycutt 1, Somers 1, Anderson, M. 1, Opp (5). SBA/ATT - Avchen (40-50), Wright, Z. (8-12), Maness (8-11), Heston (4-10), Brandt (6-8), Mincey (7-7), Sowers (4-6), Anderson, M. (5-5), Somers (5-5), Simmons (5-5), Daniels (1-3), Wright, M. (2-2), Cole (1-1). Inning-By-Inning Summary EX Total East Carolina Opponents Win-Loss Summary W L T Pct. Total C-USA Non-Conference Home Away Neutral Day Night vs. Lefty Starters vs. Righty Starters Run Games Run Games Run Games Extra Innings Shutouts

6 2009 Fielding Statistics Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI 43 MANESS, Seth FREEMAN, Cameron HESTON, Chris THOMPSON, Corey ASHCRAFT, Trent WRIGHT, Mike SIMMONS, Seth DANIELS, Bailey RATLEDGE, Jonathan O MALLEY, Joe HONEYCUTT, Lance WHITEHEAD, Trent AVCHEN, Jared BATTS, Stephen HENDERSON, Brandon WRIGHT, Zach BRANDT, Kevin HARRIS, Devin WOOD, Ryan SCHIEBER, Drew HARRINGTON, Dustin HOMAN, Austin ROLLER, Kyle MINCEY, Brad SOMERS, Patrick SUTTON, Broc ANDERSON, Mike BOWERS, Brett SOWERS, Sthil WILDER, Mark ARMSTRONG, Shawn COLE, Britton Totals Opponents w Team Game Highs Batting At bats: 52 vs. UCF (3/20) Runs scored: 26 vs. Norfolk State (3/18) 26 vs. UCF (3/20) Hits: 27 vs. Norfolk State (3/18) RBIs: 25 vs. Norfolk State (3/18) Doubles: 8 vs. UCF (3/20) Triples: 2 vs. Monmouth (3/20) Home runs: 6 vs. Norfolk State (3/18) Total bases: 51 vs. Norfolk State (3/18) Walks: 11 vs. UNC Asheville (3/11) Strikeouts: 17 vs. UCLA (3/13) Sac hits: 2 (7 games ) Sac flies: 4 vs. UNC Asheville (3/11) Stolen bases: 4 vs. Norfolk State (3/18) 4 vs. UCF (3/21) 4 at Marshall (3/29) Hit by pitch: 5 at Binghamton (3/31) Caught stealing: 2 (6 games) Runners LOB: 15 at UNC Wilmington (4/8) Hit into DP: 4 at UNC Wilmington (4/8) Fielding Putouts: 30 vs. South Carolina (6/1) Assists: 19 vs. UCLA (3/13) Errors: 4 at North Carolina (4/7) Passed balls: 2 vs. Campbell (4/14) DPs turned: 3 at Campbell (3/24) 3 vs. Binghamton (5/30) Pitching Innings pitched: 10.0 vs. South Carolina (6/1) Runs allowed: 15 vs. Rice (4/10) Earned runs: 15 vs. Rice (4/10) Walks allowed: 9 vs. UCLA (3/13) Strikeouts: 14 at UAB (4/3) Hits allowed: 18 vs. Rice (4/10) Doubles allowed: 5 vs. Memphis (5/14) Triples allowed: 1 (4 games ) Homers allowed: 4 vs. South Carolina (5/30) Wild pitches: 3 vs. Campbell (4/14) Hit batters: 3 (5 games ) Individual Game Highs Batting At bats: 7 WHITEHEAD, Trent vs. Norfolk State (3/18) 7 BATTS, Stephen vs. UCF (3/20) Runs scored: 4 (5 games ) Hits: 5 ROLLER, Kyle vs. UCF (3/20) RBIs: 5 (8 games ) Doubles: 3 BATTS, Stephen vs. UCF (3/20) 3 HARRINGTON, Dustin vs. UCF (3/21) Triples: 1 (9 games ) Home runs: 2 (8 games ) Total bases: 11 ROLLER, Kyle vs. UCF (3/20, 2009) 11 ROLLER, Kyle Walks: 3 (7 games ) Strikeouts: 4 BATTS, Stephen vs. North Carolina (6/7) Sac hits: 1 (31 games ) Sac flies: 2 AVCHEN, Jared vs. UCF (3/20) Stolen bases: 2 BATTS, Stephen vs. Indiana (3/7 at Statesboro, Ga.) 2 WOOD, Ryan vs. UCF (3/21) 2 WHITEHEAD, Trent vs. Memphis (5/16) Hit by pitch: 2 (5 games ) Caught stealing: 2 WHITEHEAD, Trent vs. UCLA (3/13) Runners LOB: 8 AVCHEN, Jared at UAB (4/4) Fielding Putouts: 14 HENDERSON, Brandon Assists: 9 WOOD, Ryan at UNC Wilmington (4/8) 9 HARRINGTON, Dustin Errors: 2 (4 games ) Passed balls: 2 WRIGHT, Zach vs. Campbell (4/14) Pitching Innings pitched: 9.0 MANESS, Seth vs. Rice (4/11) 9.0 MINCEY, Brad Runs allowed: 9 MINCEY, Brad Earned runs: 7 (4 games ) Walks allowed: 6 HESTON, Chris vs. UCLA (3/13) Strikeouts: 11 HESTON, Chris vs. Louisiana (5/1) Hits allowed: 13 MANESS, Seth at North Carolina (6/6) Doubles allowed: 4 MANESS, Seth at UAB (4/4) Triples allowed: 1 (4 games ) Homers allowed: 3 SOWERS, Sthil vs. Oklahoma State (2/26) 3 MANESS, Seth vs. Oklahoma State (2/27) Wild pitches: 2 (5 games ) Hit batters: 3 BRANDT, Kevin vs. North Carolina (4/22) 92