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1 2018 QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS Institution Name... Kennesaw State University Location...Kennesaw, Ga. Enrollment... 35,000 Founded Nickname...Owls Colors... Black and Gold Affiliation...NCAA Division I Conference... ASUN Conference President... Sam Olens Athletic Director...Milton Overton Institution Website...Kennesaw.edu Athletic Website... KSUOwls.com Home Field...Stillwell Stadium Capacity...1,200 Date Opened Surface... Bermuda Grass Dimensions...LF - 330, CF - 400, RF BASEBALL COACHING STAFF Head Coach...Mike Sansing Alma Mater... West Georgia, 1985 Record at KSU/Years (.637)/26 years Overall Record/Years... 1, (.648) / 29 years Office Phone msansing@kennesaw.edu Assistant Head Coach... Kevin Erminio Alma Mater...Tusculum, 1991 Office Phone kerminio@kennesaw.edu Assistant Coach...Trey Fowler ... sfowle31@kennesaw.edu Alma Mater... Piedmont, 2004 Office Phone Volunteer Assistant Coach...Clint Harrison Alma Mater...Shorter, clinth1167@gmail.com Athletic Trainer...Chris Archabeault COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Baseball Communications Contact... Jake Dorow Office Phone mdegeorg@kennesaw.edu Assistant Director of Athletic Comm...Al Barba Office Phone abarba@kennesaw.edu Assistant Director of Athletic Comm... Jake Dorow Office Phone Cell Phone jdorow@kennesaw.edu Assistant Director of Athletic Comm...Joseph Feldman Office Phone jfeldma4@kennesaw.edu Assistant Communications...Hunter McKay Office Phone...(470) McKay ...kmckay6@kennesaw.edu BASEBALL SOCIAL MEDIA Baseball Twitter...@KSUOwlsBaseball Official Hashtags... #GoKSUOwls, #NoDoubt Facebook... Facebook.com/KennesawStateOwls YouTube...YouTube.com/KSUOwlVision Instagram...Instagram.com/KSUOwlsBaseball BASEBALL HISTORY First Year of Baseball All-Time Collegiate Record...1, (.617)/34 years All-Time NCAA Division I (.522)/12 years All-Time NCAA Division II (.711)/12 years All-Time NAIA Record (.595)/12 years NCAA Appearances/Record... 11/39-22 (.639) Years in CWS/Last... 6/2003 (NCAA DII) Years in NCAA Division II Regionals/Last... 10/2005 Division II Postseason Record (.654) Years in NCAA Division I Regionals/Last... 1/2014 Division I Postseason Record (.375) NCAA Division I Regional Record/Titles /1 Super Regional Appearances/Record...1/0-2 BASEBALL QUICK FACTS 2017 Overall Record A-Sun Record/Finish /5th A-Sun Tournament /3rd Postseason...Won, Stetson, Won, FGCU, Lost, Jacksonville, Lost, 5-6 Letterwinners Returning/Lost... 19/15 Returners By Position... Pitchers: 8...Position: 11 Newcomers Pitchers: 12...Position: Total Owls... Pitchers: 20...Position: 15 TOP RETURNING POSITION PLAYERS OF Taylor Allum Sr..319 BA, 6 2B, 0 3B, 15 HR, 46 RBI OF Garrett Hodges So..318 BA, 8 2B, 0 3B, 4 HR, 16 RBI OF Terence Norman So..318 BA, 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 13 RBI INF Grant Williams Sr..305 BA, 7 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 29 RBI C Griffin Helms Sr..296 BA, 9 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 27 RBI TOP RETURNING PITCHERS RHP AJ Moore Sr. 5-7, 15 App/14 GS, 6.12 ERA, 58 SO LHP Brian Exley Jr. 0-0, 20 App, 3.60 ERA, 17 SO TOP PLAYERS LOST RHP Tony Dibrell 7-4, 14 App/14GS, 2.45 ERA, 103 SO LHP Mason Ward 4-2, 9 App/8 GS, 3.26 ERA, 40 SO OF Chris Erwin.342 BA, 14 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 27 RBI INF Austin Upshaw.333 BA, 17 2B, 0 3B, 8 HR, 41 RBI TOP NEWCOMERS LHP Brison Finney 6-0, 170 Fairburn, Ga. / Creekside HS RHP Jake Rothwell 6-1, 175 St. Petersburg, Fla. / Daytona RHP Monty Horn 6-1, 190 Lawrenceville, Ga. / Archer HS RHP Deviner McCray 5-10, 188 Tifton, Ga. / Gulf Coast St. RHP Ryan Wesley 5-11, 175 Smyrna, Ga. / Gordon State RHP Jared Staples 5-9, 175 Woodstock, Ga. / Woodstock RHP Brooks Buckler 6-2, 205 Norcross, Ga. / Tallahassee CC LHP Max Ryan 6-2, 225 Woodstock, Ga. / East Georgia INF Kooper Briley 5-8, 170 Toccoa, Ga. / Stephens County INF Tyler Simon 6-0, 157 Albany, Ga. / Lee County INF Jaylen Smith 6-0, 195 Lithonia, Ga. / CVCC INF AJ Willoughby 6-0, 175 Cataula, Ga. / CVCC 1

2 2018 KENNESAW STATE BASEBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME POS B/T HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Kooper Briley Infield R/R Fr. Toccoa, Ga. / Stephens County HS 2 Tyler Simon Infield R/R Fr. Albany, Ga. / Lee County HS 3 Jaylen Smith Infield R/R Jr. Lithonia, Ga, / CVCC 4 Matt Mixon Infield/Out R/R Sr. Acworth, Ga. / North Paulding HS 5 Brison Finney Pitcher L/L Fr. Fairburn, Ga. / Creekside HS 6 Terence Norman Outfield R/R So. Kennesaw, Ga. / Kennesaw Mountain HS 7 AJ Willoughby Infield R/R Jr. Cataula, Ga. / CVCC 8 Logan Hutchinson Pitcher R/R Sr. Valdosta, Ga. / Lowndes HS 9 Jake Franklin Outfield L/R Jr. Homer, Ga. / Jefferson HS 10 Forrest Bramlett Infield/C R/R R-Sr. Ellijay, Ga. / Georgia Perimeter College 11 Grant Williams Infield L/R Sr. Atlanta, Ga. / St. Pius X Catholic HS 13 Will Bice Pitcher R/R Sr. Fortson, Ga. / Georgia Perimeter College 14 LaDonis Bryant Outfield R/R R-Sr. Blakely, Ga. / Georgia Perimeter College 15 Jake Rothwell Pitcher R/R Jr. St. Petersburg, Fla. / Daytona Beach 17 Taylor Wilkes Pitcher R/R So. Jefferson Ga. / Jefferson HS 18 David Chabut Infield R/R Jr. Loganville, Ga. / Loganville HS 19 Brian Exley Pitcher R/L R-Jr. Woodstock, Ga. / Sequoyah HS 20 Monty Horn Pitcher R/R Fr. Lawrenceville, Ga. / Collins Hill HS 21 Rhian Mann Pitcher R/R R-Fr. Lawrenceville, Ga. / Archer HS 22 Deviner McCray Pitcher R/R R-Jr. Tifton, Ga. / Gulf Coast St. 23 AJ Moore Pitcher R/R Sr. Dacula, Ga. / Mountain View HS 24 Ryan Wesley Pitcher L/R Jr. Smyrna, Ga. / Gordon State 25 Daniel Seres Catcher R/R So. Canton Ga. / Sequoyah HS 26 Taylor Allum Infield/Out L/R R-Sr. Grayson, Ga. / Grayson HS 27 Jared Staples Pitcher L/R Fr. Woodstock, Ga. / Woodstock HS 28 Jake McLinskey Pitcher R/R Jr. Marietta, Ga. / West Georgia Tech 29 Luke Torbert Pitcher R/R Fr. Marietta, Ga. / Hillgrove HS 31 Ryan Kennedy Pitcher L/L Fr. Winchester, Va. / Millbrook HS 33 Brooks Buckler Pitcher R/R Jr. Norcross, Ga. / Tallahassee CC 34 Griffin Helms Catcher R/R Sr. Norcross, Ga. / Norcross HS 35 Jordan Krueger Pitcher R/R So. Acworth, Ga. / North Paulding HS 39 Max Ryan Pitcher L/L R-So. Woodstock, Ga. / East Georgia 41 Nathan Dupree Pitcher L/L R-So. Marietta, Ga. / Lassiter HS 42 Garrett Hodges Outfield L/L So. Guyton, Ga. / South Effingham HS 51 Cooper Mayhall Pitcher L/L R-Jr. Thomas Co., Ga. / ABAC COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Mike Sansing (27th season) Assistant Coaches: Kevin Erminio, Trey Fowler Volunteer Assistant Coach: Clint Harrison 2

3 2018 BASEBALL SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME FEBRUARY 16 UCONN KENNESAW, GA. 4 P.M. 17 MINNESOTA KENNESAW, GA. 1 P.M. 17 MINNESOTA KENNESAW, GA. 4 P.M. 18 BRADLEY KENNESAW, GA. 1 P.M. 21 GEORGIA KENNESAW, GA. 5 P.M. 23 EVANSVILLE KENNESAW, GA. 4 P.M. 24 EVANSVILLE KENNESAW, GA. 1 P.M. 24 EVANSVILLE KENNESAW, GA. 4 P.M. 25 EVANSVILLE KENNESAW, GA. 1 P.M. 27 MERCER KENNESAW, GA. 5 P.M. 28 AT MERCER MACON, GA. 5 P.M. MARCH 2 SAMFORD KENNESAW, GA. 4 P.M. 3 SAMFORD KENNESAW, GA. 2 P.M. 4 SAMFORD KENNESAW, GA. 1 P.M. 6 AT JACKSONVILLE STATE JACKSONVILLE, ALA. 7 P.M. 2 SACRED HEART KENNESAW, GA. 4 P.M. 3 SACRED HEART KENNESAW, GA. 2 P.M. 4 SACRED HEART KENNESAW, GA. 1 P.M. 13 AT GEORGIA ATHENS, GA. 5 P.M. 16 AT OKLAHOMA NORMAN, OK. 7:30 P.M. 17 AT OKLAHOMA NORMAN, OK. 3 P.M. 18 AT OKLAHOMA NORMAN, OK. 2 P.M. 21 JACKSONVILLE STATE KENNESAW, GA. 5 P.M. 23 GRAMBLING STATE KENNESAW, GA. 4 P.M. 24 GRAMBILING STATE KENNESAW, GA. 2 P.M. 25 GRAMBILING STATE KENNESAW, GA. 1 P.M. 27 AT GEORGIA STATE ATLANTA, GA. 6 P.M. 29 AT USC UPSTATE* SPARTANBURG, S.C. 6 P.M. 30 AT USC UPSTATE* SPARTANBURG, S.C. 6 P.M. 31 AT USC UPSTATE* SPARTANBURG, S.C. 1 P.M. APRIL 4 TENNESSEE TECH KENNESAW, GA. 5 P.M. 6 STETSON* KENNESAW, GA. 6 P.M. 7 STETSON* KENNESAW, GA. 2 P.M. 8 STETSON* KENNESAW, GA. 1 P.M. 10 AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN STATESBORO, GA. 6 P.M. 13 NORTH FLORIDA* KENNESAW, GA. 6 P.M. 14 NORTH FLORIDA* KENNESAW, GA. 2 P.M. 15 NORTH FLORIDA* KENNESAW, GA. 1 P.M. 18 AT GEORGIA TECH ATLANTA, GA. 6 P.M. 20 LIPSCOMB* KENNESAW, GA. 6 P.M. 21 LIPSCOMB* KENNESAW, GA. 2 P.M. 22 LIPSCOMB* KENNESAW, GA. 1 P.M. 24 AT CLEMSON CLEMSON, S.C. 6 P.M. 27 AT FGCU* FORT MYERS, FLA. 6:30 P.M. 28 AT FGCU* FORT MYERS, FLA. 2 P.M. 29 AT FGCU* FORT MYERS, FLA. 1 P.M. MAY 8 GEORGIA STATE KENNESAW, GA. 6 P.M. 9 GEORGIA SOUTHERN KENNESAW, GA. 5 P.M. 11 NJIT* KENNESAW, GA. 4 P.M. 12 NJIT* KENNESAW, GA. 2 P.M. 13 NJIT* KENNESAW, GA. 1 P.M. 15 CLEMSON KENNESAW, GA. 6 P.M. 17 AT JACKSONVILLE* JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 7 P.M. 18 AT JACKSONVILLE* JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 7 P.M. 19 AT JACKSONVILLE* JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 1 P.M. ASUN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 5/23-5/26 ASUN TOURNAMENT JACKSONVILLE, FLA. TBA BOLD CAPS denotes home contest * denotes Atlantic Sun Conference match All home games played at Stillwell Stadium All times are ET and subject to change 3

4 2017 KENNESAW STATE BASEBALL STATISTICS 2017 Overall Statistics for Kennesaw State (as of Feb 10, 2018) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: Home: Away: Neutral: 1-1 ASUN: Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 15 ERWIN, Chris UPSHAW, Austin ALLUM, Taylor HODGES, Garrett NORMAN, Terence WILLIAMS, Grant HELMS, Griffin GREESON, Corey BRAMLETT, Forrest FRANKLIN, Jake CHABUT, David HOWELL, Jeremy BRYANT, LaDonis MIXON, Matt BROWN, Trevor SERES, Daniel PHARR, Austin DIBRELL, Tony Totals Opponents LOB - Team (468), Opp (461). DPs turned - Team (49), Opp (32). CI - Team (3), HELMS 3. IBB - Team (1), ALLUM 1, Opp (7). Picked off - ALLUM 1, HELMS 1, NORMAN 1, WILLIAMS. G 1. (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 1 DIBRELL, Tony / WARD, Mason / REEVES, Drew / EXLEY, Brian / ERWIN, Chris / FRIESE, Gabe / KRUEGER, Jordan / STAHL, Erich / VERSTEEG, Jordan / WATKINS, Turner / MOORE, AJ / TURNER, Brock / BICE, Will / WILKES, Taylor / DUPREE, Nathan / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (18), HELMS 10, BRAMLETT 4, SERES 4, Opp (16). Pickoffs - Team (7), ERWIN 3, DUPREE 1, TURNER 1, STAHL 1, MOORE, AJ 1, Opp (4). SBA/ATT - HELMS (47-57), BRAMLETT (19-22), DIBRELL (15-18), MOORE, AJ (14-17), SERES (7-9), TURNER (7-8), FRIESE (5-7), WATKINS (5-7), WARD (5-6), DUPREE (5-6), KRUEGER (6-6), STAHL (4-4), ERWIN (4-4), BICE (2-3), REEVES (1-1), EXLEY 4 (0-1).

5 2017 KENNESAW STATE BASEBALL STATISTICS 2017 Batting Leaders for Kennesaw State (as of Feb 10, 2018) (All games) Hitting minimums - 20 Games 25% of Games 50 AB 50 TPA Pitching minimums - 10 Games 10 IP Batting avg ERWIN, Chris UPSHAW, Austin ALLUM, Taylor HODGES, Garrett NORMAN, Terence.318 Runs scored UPSHAW, Austin ALLUM, Taylor WILLIAMS, Grant HELMS, Griffin tied at Doubles UPSHAW, Austin ERWIN, Chris HOWELL, Jeremy BRAMLETT, Forrest HELMS, Griffin 9 Total bases UPSHAW, Austin ALLUM, Taylor WILLIAMS, Grant ERWIN, Chris HELMS, Griffin 72 Sac bunts CHABUT, David ALLUM, Taylor 6 11 WILLIAMS, Grant BRYANT, LaDonis tied at... 2 Caught stealing WILLIAMS, Grant HELMS, Griffin CHABUT, David 3 26 ALLUM, Taylor tied at... 2 Strikeouts CHABUT, David GREESON, Corey ALLUM, Taylor BRAMLETT, Forrest HELMS, Griffin 36 At bats WILLIAMS, Grant UPSHAW, Austin HOWELL, Jeremy ALLUM, Taylor CHABUT, David 186 Games as sub 1. 4 MIXON, Matt BRYANT, LaDonis 11 6 NORMAN, Terence HODGES, Garrett tied at... 8 Slugging pct ALLUM, Taylor BRAMLETT, Forrest HODGES, Garrett UPSHAW, Austin ERWIN, Chris.510 Hits UPSHAW, Austin WILLIAMS, Grant ALLUM, Taylor ERWIN, Chris tied at Triples 1. 3 GREESON, Corey HELMS, Griffin tied at... 1 Walks ALLUM, Taylor HOWELL, Jeremy ERWIN, Chris WILLIAMS, Grant CHABUT, David 20 Sac flies BRYANT, LaDonis 2 7 HOWELL, Jeremy 2 20 UPSHAW, Austin 2 11 WILLIAMS, Grant 2 26 ALLUM, Taylor 2 Steal attempts WILLIAMS, Grant HELMS, Griffin ALLUM, Taylor 5 3 GREESON, Corey tied at... 4 Grounded into DP WILLIAMS, Grant 4 7 HOWELL, Jeremy FRANKLIN, Jake tied at... 2 Games played UPSHAW, Austin CHABUT, David ALLUM, Taylor WILLIAMS, Grant HOWELL, Jeremy 53 On base pct ERWIN, Chris ALLUM, Taylor UPSHAW, Austin HELMS, Griffin NORMAN, Terence.379 Runs batted in ALLUM, Taylor UPSHAW, Austin WILLIAMS, Grant HELMS, Griffin ERWIN, Chris 27 Home runs ALLUM, Taylor UPSHAW, Austin BRAMLETT, Forrest GREESON, Corey tied at... 4 Hit by pitch HELMS, Griffin WILLIAMS, Grant GREESON, Corey 4 10 BRAMLETT, Forrest 4 15 ERWIN, Chris 4 Stolen bases HELMS, Griffin WILLIAMS, Grant GREESON, Corey NORMAN, Terence 3 15 ERWIN, Chris 3 Stolen base pct 1. 9 FRANKLIN, Jake NORMAN, Terence GREESON, Corey ERWIN, Chris HELMS, Griffin.636 Total plate appearances WILLIAMS, Grant UPSHAW, Austin ALLUM, Taylor HOWELL, Jeremy CHABUT, David 215 Game starts UPSHAW, Austin ALLUM, Taylor CHABUT, David WILLIAMS, Grant HOWELL, Jeremy 52 5

6 2017 KENNESAW STATE BASEBALL STATISTICS 2017 Miscellaneous Stats for Kennesaw State (as of Feb 10, 2018) (All games) Multiple Hit Games Total 11 WILLIAMS, Grant UPSHAW, Austin ALLUM, Taylor HELMS, Griffin ERWIN, Chris GREESON, Corey CHABUT, David HOWELL, Jeremy FRANKLIN, Jake HODGES, Garrett BRAMLETT, Forrest NORMAN, Terence BRYANT, LaDonis MIXON, Matt TEAM Multiple RBI Games Total 26 ALLUM, Taylor UPSHAW, Austin GREESON, Corey HELMS, Griffin ERWIN, Chris WILLIAMS, Grant CHABUT, David BRAMLETT, Forrest HOWELL, Jeremy HODGES, Garrett NORMAN, Terence FRANKLIN, Jake BRYANT, LaDonis SERES, Daniel PHARR, Austin TEAM Hitting Streaks Longest Current 11 WILLIAMS, Grant CHABUT, David ERWIN, Chris UPSHAW, Austin HELMS, Griffin HODGES, Garrett HOWELL, Jeremy GREESON, Corey ALLUM, Taylor BRAMLETT, Forrest NORMAN, Terence FRANKLIN, Jake 3-14 BRYANT, LaDonis SERES, Daniel MIXON, Matt 1-22 PHARR, Austin 1-2 BROWN, Trevor 1 - Reached Base Streaks Longest Current 26 ALLUM, Taylor WILLIAMS, Grant GREESON, Corey UPSHAW, Austin CHABUT, David ERWIN, Chris HELMS, Griffin HODGES, Garrett HOWELL, Jeremy BRAMLETT, Forrest NORMAN, Terence FRANKLIN, Jake 6-25 SERES, Daniel BRYANT, LaDonis MIXON, Matt BROWN, Trevor 1-22 PHARR, Austin 1-6