Bay Area native Mark O Brien begins his seventh

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1 Coaching Staff

2 MARK O BRIEN HEAD COACH SAN JOSE STATE 93 SEVENTH SEASON The O Brien File 8 Broncos Drafted Under O Brien 12 Player to Sign Pro Contracts 26 Total Players in the Majors 27 Total All-Americans 8 Bronco All-Americans 29 All-WCC Selections One WCC MVP One ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American O Brien s Career Coaching Record Overall Career WCC nd^ nd^ nd* rd* T-5th T-4th Career ^Coast Division; *West Division Bay Area native Mark O Brien begins his seventh season as head coach at Santa Clara University. O Brien became the school s 35th head coach in the 111 years of the program when he was hired on June 11, In only his second season, he guided the Broncos to their first winning season since 1997, posting a overall record and a 21-9 mark in league play. During his six years on the Mission Campus, O Brien has accomplished things that not many of his predecessors had. He became only the fourth coach in program history to win his 50th game in only his second season as head coach, joining Sal Taormina, Jerry McClain and John Oldham. The win was a savory one as he watched his team defeat the second-ranked Stanford Cardinal by a 2-0 score in Sunken Diamond, giving him his second career win over his former team. Additionally O Brien has produced four All-Americans in his first three years as skipper, becoming the first coach in school history to produce four All-Americans in such a short amount of time. Joey Gomes was a first team selection in 2002 followed by Scott Dierks and Patrick Overholt in 2003, who earned honorable mention and Freshman All-American honors respectively. In 2004, Anthony Rea was a second team honoree. Throughout his extensive coaching career, O Brien has tutored 25 All-Americans. In 2006, Matt Long and Matt Wickswat earned freshman team honors, while catcher Tommy Medica was named a Freshman All-American in The three years prior to joining the Broncos, O Brien served as an assistant coach at Stanford. O Brien assisted with all aspects of the program and served as the Cardinal s hitting and fielding instructor, as well as the duties of first base coach. During those three seasons Stanford qualified for the College World Series, taking home a third place finish in 1999 and back-to-back national runners-up in 2000 and O Brien s infield led the nation in 2001 with a.977 fielding percentage and was among the topfive in the nation in 1999 and O Brien s impressive resume also includes a head coaching stint at De Anza Junior College in 1998 and four seasons as an assistant coach at Cal Poly. O Brien was a critical component to the recruiting efforts at Stanford. The recruited class in 2001 was ranked No. 1 in the nation, while the classes in 1999 and 2000 were ranked in the top-10. His talents of recruiting can be traced back even to his earlier days at De Anza and Cal Poly. At De Anza, O Brien was able to recruit 12 local high school seniors within a two-week period, while helping all nine sophomores already on the team continue on to four-year institutions. While at Cal Poly, O Brien assisted in recruiting three-straight classes that were ranked in the top-40 by Collegiate Baseball. In his one season at De Anza, O Brien led the Dons to a third-place finish in the Coast Conference. At Cal Poly, he served as recruiting coordinator, academic advisor and third base coach, as well as hitting and infield instructor. During the summers of 1996 and 1997, O Brien served as head coach of the Anchorage Bucs in the Alaska Summer League. He led the Bucs to a record and a league championship in 1996, while coaching four eventual first-round draft picks (Matt Ginter, Danny Peoples, Mark Redman and Alvie Shepard). Throughout his 10-year coaching career O Brien has helped over 75 players advance on to professional baseball, including 10 first-round draft picks. O Brien s list of first-rounders includes Joe Borchard, Justin Wayne, Jason Young and the four players from the Anchorage Bucs. He also coached the 1999 minor league Player of the Year and Oakland A s outfielder Adam Piatt. Currently, there are 26 players in the major leagues that have played under O Brien at some level, including A.J. LaBarbera 03 (San Francisco Giants), Daniel Nava 06 (Boston Red Sox) and Jason Matteucci 06 (Independent League). Other notable players that O Brien has coached at some critical point of their career include current member of the Chicago White Sox organization Carlos Quentin, three-time All-American and Stanford s all-time leading hitter John Gall, three-time All-American and Pac-10 RBI record holder Andrew Beinbrink, Santa Clara All- American Bill Mott and the NCAA all-time career saves leader Jack Krawczyk. O Brien played collegiately at San Jose State from and was the Spartans team captain in his final year. He was also named an Alaska Summer League All- Star in 1991 after coming to SJSU from St. Francis High School and De Anza College. O Brien resides in Los Gatos with his wife Staci Duncan, a former women s soccer All-American at UCLA and the Bruins all-time leader in points scored. The couple welcomed daughter Brooklyn in Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide

3 MIKE ZIRELLI ASSISTANT COACH CAL POLY 02 SIXTH SEASON Mike Zirelli will begin his fourth season as the Broncos pitching coach after taking over the duties mid-way through the 2004 campaign. He is also in his second year as the team s recruiting coor- dinator and the 2008 season will mark his sixth year with the program after serving as the team s Director of Baseball Operations in Continuing his duties from the 2005 season, Zirelli will tutor the Bronco pitchers and assist O Brien in recruiting. Zirelli has already been an instrumental part of the Bronco recruiting efforts as he has been involved with the process throughout his time with the program. Along with his time at Santa Clara, Zirelli has also coached in the two most prestigious collegiate summer leagues in the country. Zirelli was the pitching coach for the Yarmount-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League in 2004, helping to lead the Red Sox to the league championship. During the summer of 2003, he also mentored the pitchers for the Mat-Su Miners in the Alaska Baseball League. CHAD BAUM ASSISTANT COACH CS FULLERTON 99 SECOND SEASON Chad Baum begins his second season as part of the Bronco Baseball coaching staff. Baum, who joins O Brien s staff after two seasons as an assistant at UC Irvine, will primarily handle tutoring the players on hitting and working with the team s catchers. A graduate of Cal Poly, Zirelli played for the Mustangs from While on the San Luis Obispo campus, Zirelli established himself as one of the best collegiate pitchers ever to have put on a Cal Poly uniform. He was an All-Big West performer and a Freshman All-American. He also earned Player of the Decade recognition from Cal Poly in Following his time with the Mustangs, the San Francisco Giants selected Zirelli in the 23rd round of the 1999 Major League Baseball amateur draft. During his time in their minor league system he played for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, the Bakersfield Blaze and the San Jose Giants. Despite his time in the minor league, Zirelli found time to return to Cal Poly and eventually earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology in A Bay Area native, Zirelli was selected as the Santa Clara County player of the year while playing high school ball at St. Francis. He was named a high school All-American at the AAU Junior Olympics in Knoxville, Tenn., where his team claimed the Bronze Medal in He also earned Player of the Year honors for both the Central Coast Section and the Western Catholic Athletic League. Zirelli is married to the former Amanda Martin, and the couple welcomed their first child, Zack, on Dec. 17, The family resides in San Carlos, Calif. World Series appearances, including a national championship in As a player, Baum captained the 1998 and 1999 Titan squads, helping lead the team to the College World Series in his senior year. A catcher, his expertise behind the plate also helped him tutor Cal State Fullerton s 2004 first-team All-American Kurt Suzuki, who was a second-round draft choice of the Oakland Athletics in the MLB Draft. Chad is an outstanding addition to our program in many ways, head coach Mark O Brien said. Number one, he has a phenomenal baseball pedigree, both playing and coaching for Cal State Fullerton and being a part of George Horton s staff that won the national champion- ship. To also be at UC Irvine with Dave Serrano, he s had some wonderful guidance in his coaching career, and I couldn t be more thrilled. Chad has a great work ethic and tremendous knowledge of the game. I couldn t be happier to have him join our staff. Prior to coming to the Mission Campus, Baum served as an assistant for UC Irvine head coach Dave Serrano. There, he was the Anteaters first-base coach, and worked with the players on hitting and tutored the catchers. Baum was also a volunteer assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton from 2001 to 2004, helping the Titans to three College 2008 Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide 15

4 Support Staff SHAWN EPIDENDIO ASSISTANT COACH SANTA CLARA 05 FIRST SEASON Former Santa Clara baseball infielder Shawn Epi- dendio 05 enters his first year as assistant coach for the Bronco baseball team in Epidendio will work with the outfielders, assist with the hitters and coach first base. Before returning to his alma mater, Epidendio worked as a sales representative for M.E. Fox and Company and, last year, served as assistant coach for the Archbishop Mitty varsity baseball team. Shawn is a great addition to the Santa Clara baseball coaching staff, said head coach Mark O Brien. To have a former player who has great knowledge and loyalty to the program means so much. MATT DAILY DIRECTOR OF BASEBALL OPERATIONS NOTRE DAME 98 THIRD SEASON Matt Daily begins his third season as Director of Baseball Operations for Santa Clara Baseball. Daily graduated cum laude from Notre Dame in 1998 and began his coaching career that year as an assistant coach at Del Mar Junior College in Corpus Christi, Tex. In 1999, he moved up to the Division I ranks as he was involved in the start-up of the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball program. After earning his Master s degree in Education from Notre Dame in 2000, Daily joined the baseball staff at the University of Portland. There he served as the team s hitting instructor as well as working with the team s outfield and assisting in the recruiting process. Shawn brings tremendous energy and work ethic along with an outstanding concept of the game and of our program with him. I am absolutely thrilled to have him join our coaching staff. Epidendio played in 151 games, starting in 93, as a third baseman for the Broncos. He ended his collegiate career with a.269 batting average, 47 runs scored, 42 RBI and 100 hits. As a senior, he finished second on the team in on base percentage (.415) and recorded 42 hits in 149 at-bats. As a junior, Epidendio was first on the Santa Clara squad with a.443 on base percentage, second on the team after being hit by a pitch nine times and ranked third on the team with a.338 batting average. During his sophomore and freshman campaigns, Epidendio combined for 33 hits, 21 RBI and 20 runs scored. In 2001, Daily returned to Lewis & Clark College, where he played from , as an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator for the Pioneers. The following summer, in 2002, he served as assistant coach of the St. Cloud River Bats in the Northwoods Collegiate Baseball League, serving as hitting instructor and working with the outfielders. After a stint as an assistant with Georgetown, Daily moved up to the Major Leagues, serving as an associate scout for the San Diego Padres. His duties included evaluating potential prospects in the Indiana and Michigan regions and administering open tryouts for potential players. A Bay Area native, Daily graduated from Los Gatos High School and was an all-league performer for the Wildcats in football and baseball. He is currently engaged to Jenny West, formerly of Steamboat Springs, Colo. He resides in Los Gatos. Carlos Teasdale Athletic Trainer Andrew Wun Strength & Conditioning Sabrina Polidoro Media Relations Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide

5 Meet The Broncos

6 DAVID ABRAHAM INF L/R 5-6 JUNIOR SAN JOSE, CALIF. DE ANZA BELLARMINE COLLEGE PREP GABE ALCANTAR INF R/R 5-11 SENIOR SAN JOSE, CALIF DE ANZA MT. PLEASANT #16 #10 AT DE ANZA: Played for Scott Hertler hit.320 in 2006 and.340 in conference play voted to the All-Coast Conference First Team HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2005 graduate of Bellarmine Col- lege Prep in San Jose, Calif. played for Gary Cunningham captained his senior season, helping his team to a WCAL championship also played football at Ballarmine received First Team All-League honors as a running back and middle linebacker... political science major. PERSONAL DATA: Born in San Jose, Calif. son of David and Jody Abraham has two younger sisters, Alexa Ray and Madison enjoys all sports, drawing and working out would like to become a sports agent. AS A JUNIOR IN 2007: Named All-WCC honorable mention... one of only three Broncos to appear in all 56 games, starting finished eighth in WCC with a.343 batting average... led SCU with 71 hits, 15 doubles and 37 runs scored... also hit three home runs with 33 RBIs... went 4-for-4 in season opener at Hawaii on Jan turned in 23 multi-hit games on the year... doubled twice against the Rainbow Warriors on Jan drove in three runs on a pair of hits against Utah on Feb. 3 and at UC Davis on Feb hit first home run against Aggies... went 4-for-4 with a double and three RBIs against Cal Poly on Feb drove in two runs in 3-for-3 effort at San Jose State on March 4... doubled and drove in three runs at San Francisco on Apr hit a two-run homer Apr. 14 against Gonzaga... went 3-for-5 with a double against No. 6 San Diego on May hit his third home run of the year against the Toreros on May 13. AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2006: Started 21 of 37 games in which he appeared... batted.253 with seven doubles, a home run and 12 RBIs... put together a nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 21-March went 16-for- 36 (.444) in that span with five doubles, a homer and seven runs batted in... had two hits in five of those contests and three hits in another... went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored on April 5 against Cal. AT DE ANZA: Played for head coach Scott Hertler... batted.320 on the year and was named first-team All-Coast Conference. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2004 graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School in San Jose, Calif.... played baseball for head coach Jesse Tamez... was named first-team all-league as senior... batted.410 his senior season... also played soccer at Mt. Pleasant... a four-time first-team all-league selection with the soccer team... earned Outstanding Class Athlete Award his sophomore and senior years. PERSONAL DATA: Born in San Jose, Calif.... son of Jose and Sylvia Alcantar... has two older sisters, Gina and Margarita... hobbies include sports, math and music... goals are to earn a degree and play professional baseball... civil engineering major. Alcantar s Career Statistics / / / /7 Career / /9 Gabe Alcantar Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide

7 #32 MATT BEERS C L/R 5-9 FRESHMAN WOODINVILLE, WASH. WOODINVILLE #11 DONALD BRANDT LHP/1B L/L 6-3 RS JUNIOR SANTA CLARA, CALIF WILCOX HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2007 graduate of Woodinville High School in Woodinville, Wash. played for Terry Agnew, Jim Stewart and Ray Atkinson has hit at least.400 in each of his three seasons hit.416 in 2007,.410 in 2006 and.400 in 2005 also posted five home runs and 35 RBIs as a senior led team to back-to-back KingCo Championships in 2006 and 2007 was a First Team All-KingCo and Second Team All-State in 2007 received honorable mention accolades in 2006 as a junior was named All-League for his performance, and currently is ranked 18th in Baseball Northwest s top player rankings in the Northwest region. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Kirkland, Wash. son of Mike and Janet Beers father played minor league baseball enjoys cooking, golfing, shopping and dancing would like to be successful and happy with a career in sports or the culinary arts... communications major. AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2007: Started all 11 games in which he appeared as a pitcher, and made pinch-hitting appearances in five other contests... posted a 4-2 record and 4.12 earned-run average with 32 strikeouts in 54.2 innings of work... went 0-for-4 with a walk at the plate... after opening year with a pair of no-decisions, ran off three straight wins... struck out seven and allowed only one run on three hits over five innings in win over Fresno State on Feb allowed only three runs and struck out a pair in win at Stanford on Mar got third win on Apr. 1 at Portland, allowing only two earned runs over five innings... despite suffering loss at No. 12 Pepperdine on Apr. 22, made a strong showing with five strikeouts and only two runs allowed in 6.1 innings... struck out six and allowed only one run on five hits over 6.2 innings as he got his fourth win Apr. 29 over Loyola Marymount... took a no-decision at Saint Mary s on May 6 despite allowing only one run through six innings. AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2006: Returned from Tommy John surgery in 2005 to appear in 25 games, starting eight of those starts came on the mound while the other 10 were at designated hitter... went 3-1 with a 3.42 ERA on the hill with 12 strikeouts in 23.2 innings pitched... from the plate, batted.300 with four homers and eight RBIs... got pinchsingle in his first at-bat of the season on Feb. 4 at Pacific... returned to the mound on Mar. 8 at Sacramento State, tossing four innings of two-hit, shutout ball to earn his first victory of the year... earned his second win in three innings of work against Cal on Apr tossed three innings of three-hit, one-run ball and struck out three against San Francisco State on Apr. 18 to earn his third win... also went 3-for-5 from the plate with a home run and three RBIs against the Gators... struck out three and allowed only one run in a three-inning stint at Stanford on Apr went 2-for-2 with a home run and a couple of walks against Saint Mary s on Apr singled and hit a solo homer in five at-bats on May 6 at San Diego... tossed three scoreless innings the following day against the Toreros... had two hits, including his fourth homer of the season, on May 12 against the Portland Pilots. AS A FRESHMAN IN 2005: Appeared in four games during the season, all in a relief role...injured his elbow early on, missed the rest of the season due to Tommy John surgery... received a medical hardship and redshirted the season... struck out 13 batters in only eight-and-one-third innings pitched on the season... pitched two innings and struck out one in relief to earn the win in the first game of an Opening Day doubleheader against UC Riverside on Jan pitched two-and-one-third scoreless innings, striking out three against Utah on Feb struck out eight in a three-and-two-thirds innings relief stint on Feb. 13 at San Diego State... struck out the only batter he faced against then-no. 12 Washington on Feb. 20. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2004 graduate of Wilcox High School in Santa Clara, Calif.... played for Santa Clara graduate and coach Dave Currie... led team to two Central Coast Section Championships in 2002 and team appeared in Baseball America s top-25 poll during awarded the Carney Lansford Student Athlete Scholarship for EA Sports High School All-America selection in CCS Sports 2008 Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide 19

8 Focus Player of the Year... CCS Cal-Hi Co-Player of the Year as a senior... First-Team All-State selection... two-time All-Mercury News selection... league MVP in First-Team All-State Underclassman selection in gold medal winner in USA Tournament of Stars in posted a career record of 24-3 on the mound... was 13-0 with a 0.64 ERA as a senior... set single season home run (11) and strikeout (142) records while at Wilcox... recorded four shutouts and two no-hitters as a senior... also member of the 2004 Santa Clara Palomino World Series Champion team... earned a complete game victory with 11 strikeouts in the title game against Orange County... Principal Honor Roll selection. PERSONAL DATA: Born December 29, 1985 in Mountain View, Calif.... parents are Donald and Shelly Brandt... has a younger brother, Kevin... enjoys movies, watching all sports and collecting memorabilia... aspires to become a marketing executive in the Silicon Valley after graduation... marketing major. Brandt s Career Pitching Statistics Year ERA GP/GS W-L CG SV SHO IP R ER H SO BB / / / Career / Brandt s Career Batting Statistics / / / /0 Career / /0 #33 RYAN CONAN INF R/R 6-2 SENIOR SAN JOSE, CALIF. ARCHIBISHOP MITTY AS A JUNIOR IN 2007: Named All-WCC honorable mention... started all 52 games in which he appeared... batted.267 with 13 doubles and led team with eight home runs and 50 RBIs... tied for second in WCC in home runs and was third in RBIs... put together a 13-game hitting streak from Feb. 11-Mar. 9, batting.383 (18-for-49) with six doubles, a triple, two home runs, and 21 RBIs... tripled and drove in three runs at UC Davis on Feb went 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs on Feb. 23 against Cal Poly... drove in two runs in five consecutive games from Feb. 28-Mar hit a three-run homer at San Francisco on Apr hit a game-winning grand slam in ninth inning of SCU s 10-6 win at San Francisco on Apr hit solo home run against Gonzaga on Apr hit three-run homer against Gonzaga on Apr went 2-for-4 with solo home run at then-no. 12 Pepperdine on Apr. 20 to cap a stretch of five home runs in eight games... went 3-for-4 with a double, home run, and two RBIs on Apr. 27 against Loyola Marymount... doubled twice and drove in a pair of runs on Apr. 29 against the Lions. AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2006: Appeared in 38 games, starting singled and drove in a pair of runs at Pacific on Feb doubled and drove in a run against San Diego State on Feb hit a solo homer against Northwestern on Mar went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs at Hawaii-Hilo on Mar drove in a pair of runs against Cal State Monterey Bay on Apr. 18. AS A FRESHMAN IN 2005: Started 14 of the 31 games in which he appeared... doubled once in three at-bats against UC Riverside on Jan went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run at San Francisco on Mar had his best game of the year on Apr. 26 at Stanford, going 3-for-4 with an RBI. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2004 graduate of Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif.... played for Coach Bill Hutton... team won Central Coast Section Championship in team also advanced to the CCS semi-final game in both 2002 and three-time All-Central Coast Section... also three-time First Team All-West Catholic Athletic League honoree... two-time recipient of the team s Coaches Award... hit.400 in senior season with five home runs and 40 RBI. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Santa Clara, Calif.... parents are Kevin and Sharon Conan... has two older siblings, Michelle and Sean... volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club throughout high school... enjoys fishing, lifting weights and outdoor activities... hopes to become a successful teacher after college... management major. Ryan Conan Conan s Career Statistics / / / / / /5 Career / / Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide

9 #22 DANIEL DEMARCO RHP R/R 6-0 RS JUNIOR SAN JOSE, CALIF. OAK GROVE #40 THOMAS DORE OF S/R 6-0 JUNIOR CHICAGO, ILL PARKLAND COLLEGE ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREP AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2007: Made 11 appearances, all in relief... posted an 0-1 record and 5.40 ERA... struck out seven batters in 8.1 innings pitched... struck out three batters in an inning and a third of work at San Diego State on Feb struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings of relief against Stanford on May 15. AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2006: Made 29 mound appearances, all in relief... tied with teammate Jeff Lombard for WCC lead in that category... went 5-4 with a save, a 4.68 ERA and struck out 39 in 50.0 innings pitched... earned first-career win by striking out two in an inning of shutout relief against San Diego State on Feb struck out two in three scoreless innings on Feb. 21 against Sacramento State to earn win No followed that up three days later with four and a third innings of relief to earn his third win at then-no. 22 Cal Poly... went the final inning and two-thirds against San Jose State on Mar. 5, earning his first save... struck out five in four innings of shutout relief against Northwestern on Mar. 18 to earn his fourth win... went three and a third innings of shutout relief, striking out four for his fifth win on Mar. 25 at Hawaii-Hilo... struck out a pair in two innings of perfect relief at Stanford on Apr. 25. AT PARKLAND COLLEGE: Played for Mitch Rosenthal led team to conference championships with a 32-4 record in 2007 saw action in 38 games, starting in 31 hit.409 with five home runs, seven doubles and 25 runs helped team to a record as a freshman as well as the 2006 conference championship and Region 24 championship. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2005 graduate of St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago, Ill. played baseball for Bob Kriz as a senior, ranked as the No. 6 outfielder and No. 39 overall in Illinois by Prep Baseball Magazine captained his team in 2005 led team to third consecutive Regional Championship received All-Area honorable mention as junior hit.411 with seven home runs and 10 doubles in 2004 was an All- Catholic League honorable mention in also played basketball. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Evanston, Ill. son of Thomas and Catherine Dore has two siblings, Caitlin and Jeremiah Caitlin graduated from Santa Clara in 2007 his uncle John Dore played football at Yale enjoys cooking, sports, art, photography and weight lifting would like to make an impact on the business world... finance major. AS A FRESHMAN IN 2005: Redshirted the season. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2004 graduate of Oak Grove High School in San Jose, Calif.... played under coaches Paul Rosa, Ed Buller and Al Meza... league Pitcher of the Year as a senior... first-team all-league honoree... posted a 1.01 ERA as a senior batting average in team won the 2004 Palomino World Series Championship... allowed one earned run in the second game of the world series... lettered in football... first-team all-league selection. PERSONAL DATA: Born in San Jose, Calif.... parents are Sam and Kathy DeMarco... has a younger sister, Alyssa... lists snowboarding, fishing, and hunting among his hobbies... hopes to graduate in the top of his class and pitch in the college world series... communications major. #39 GARRETT ELLIS INF R/R 6-2 FRESHMAN WOODSIDE, CALIF. ST. FRANCIS DeMarco s Career Pitching Statistics Year ERA GP/GS W-L CG SV SHO IP R ER H SO BB 2005 DNP / / Career / HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2007 graduate of St. Francis in Mountain View, Calif. played for Chris Volta and Mike Oakland team finished second in WCAL in 2006 received second team All-WCAL honors as a senior received San Mateo Daily News honorable mention accolades as a senior reached the CCS semifinals as a junior was an all-league honorable mention as a junior. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Pasadena, Calif. son of Evan and Wendy Ellis has two older siblings, Brian and Libby enjoys traveling, the outdoors and sports aspires to be a successful businessman... business major Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide 21

10 #18 NATHAN FAULKNER INF/OF R/R 6-2 RS SENIOR TEMECULA, CALIF TEMECULA #7 BRADY FUERST INF R/R 5-11 JUNIOR ATHERTON, CALIF. ST. FRANCIS AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2007: Started 31 of the 43 games in which he appeared... batted.307 with six doubles, a home run and 13 RBIs... hit safely in first five games of the season with two doubles and two RBIs... went 2-for-4 with three RBIs at San Diego State on Feb had two hits, including a double, against Cal Poly on Feb had pair of hits and RBIs Apr. 29 against Loyola Marymount... went 5-for-5 with a double and two RBIs on May 1 at Stanford... went 3-for-4 with home run and two RBIs on May 8 at Nevada... went 3-for-5 with a double May 13 against then-no. 6 San Diego. AS A JUNIOR IN 2006: Redshirted the season due to injury. AS A SOPHOMORE 2005: Appeared in 47 games, starting went 2-for-6 with an RBI and two runs scored on Jan. 29 against UC Riverside... hit a three-run homer in his only at-bat at San Jose State on Mar had two hits at Portland in the first half of a doubleheader on Apr went 1-for-3 with a home run and a run scored at Pepperdine on May 14 AS A FRESHMAN 2004: Appeared in 39 games, starting started the first nine contests of the year... led the Broncos with nine stolen bases on the season... one of eight Broncos to hit over ranked sixth on the team with a.316 batting average... first home run of the year drove in the winning run in a pinch hit appearance against Saint Mary s on Feb added his second homer of the season on Apr. 13 at Stanford... went 2-for-4 with two RBI against the Cardinal to start a nine-game hitting streak... streak was the third longest on the squad in posted a season-high three hits against Saint Mary s on Apr drove in a season-high three runs on May 22 at Portland. AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2007: Appeared in 25 games on the year, starting went 2-for-4 Feb. 19 against Utah... hit a solo home run, the first of his collegiate career, at No. 12 Pepperdine on Apr doubled against the Waves on Apr. 21. AS A FRESHMAN IN 2006: Named to the West Coast Conference s All- Freshman team... appeared in 37 games, starting batted.298 with 37 hits, five doubles and 27 RBIs... went 2-for-2 with two RBIs in his collegiate debut Feb. 4 at Pacific... had three hits, including a double, and three RBIs against Sacramento State on Feb had two hits and two RBIs against the Hornets on Mar. 8 in Sacramento... went 2-for-5 with a double and a run batted in at Washington on Mar drove in five runs on two hits Mar. 29 against Cal State Monterey Bay... turned in second three-hit performance of the season on Apr. 1 against San Francisco... drove in a pair of runs with a late double in 6-1 win at Stanford on Apr. 25. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2005 graduate of St. Francis High School in Mountain View, Calif.... played baseball for Chris Volta and basketball for Steve Filios... was named All-West Catholic Athletic League in both sports as a senior... batted.448 for the Lancers in HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2003 graduate of Temecula Valley High School in Temecula, Calif.... played baseball for Rich Emard... earned all-league and all-county honors in the Southwestern League batting named Who s Who Among High School Students... was a member of the US Junior National Team during the summer of PERSONAL DATA: Born on March 21, son of Todd and Wanda Faulkner... has a younger brother Keith... would like to get involved with politics after baseball career is over... enjoys fishing in his spare time... ancient studies major. Faulkner s Career Statistics / / / / DNP / /15 Career / /37 Nathan Faulkner Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide

11 PERSONAL DATA: Born in Stanford, Calif.... son of Rory and Lisa Fuerst... has three brothers, Rory, Jr., Connor and Trevor... goals include becoming an industrial designer... communications major. Fuerst s Career Statistics / / / /0 Career / /5 PATRICK GLENN OF L/R 6-0 SOPHOMORE PLEASANTON, CALIF. AMADOR VALLEY #25 #9 NATE GARCIA RHP/OF R/R 6-1 SOPHOMORE SANTA CLARA, CALIF. BELLARMINE COLLEGE PREP AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007: Appeared in 25 games on the year, starting nine... went 1-for-2 and scored a run Mar. 10 at Fresno State... drove in a run against the Bulldogs on Mar had a hit and scored a run Apr. 7 at San Francisco. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2006 graduate of Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, Calif.... played baseball for Lou Cesario, football for Rick Sira and basketball for Dan Underwood... for baseball in 2006 was named first-team All-EBAL, Tri-Valley Herald first-team All-East Bay, and Puma Pre-Season All-American... in 2006 had a.395 batting average, 18 stolen bases, three home runs and 17 RBI s... for football, in 2005 team was EBAL Football Champions, named second-team EBAL... for basketball, in 2004 EBAL Champions... named awarded CIF Scholar-Athlete. AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007: Named to the West Coast Conference All- Freshman Team... started all 16 games in which he appeared... went 5-6 with a 5.06 ERA, and 74 strikeouts in 90.1 innings... earned first win after striking out five in five innings against Utah on Feb struck out eight and allowed only one run on three hits at San Diego State on Feb. 10, but got no-decision... got another no-decision against Cal Poly on Feb. 24, allowing only two runs on six hits over six innings while striking out six... didn t allow an earned run in six innings for second win on Mar. 4 at San Jose State... struck out five and allowed only three runs on six hits over 8.1 innings of work on Apr. 5 at San Francisco... struck out career-high 13 batters, including nine batters in a row at one point, against Gonzaga on Apr struck out six and allowed only three runs over seven innings in win over Saint Mary s on May 4... got fifth win of the year by striking out six and allowing only three runs over eight innings against Sacramento State on May 19. PERSONAL DATA: Born in San Jose, Calif.... son of Jack and Sonja Glenn... has one younger brother, Ryan... enjoys all sports in general... finance major. Glenn s Career Statistics / /1 HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2006 graduate of Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, Calif... played for Gary Cunningham... in 2005 was Bellarmine Varsity MVP, All-WCAL First Team Pitcher, San Jose Mercury News Second Team CCS... in 2006 was named First Team All-State, named to the 2006 Louisville Slugger High School All-American Team, CCS Player of the Year, San Jose Mercury News All-CCS First Team, Bellarmine Varsity MVP, All-WCAL First Team Utility Player and Pitcher of the Year, Sports Focus POY, CalHi Sports POY, and USA Today National Pitcher of the Week. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Santa Clara, Calif.... son of Gilbert and Brenda Garcia... has two older siblings, Jonathan and Vanessa... enjoys bowling, golfing and wakeboarding... wants to play professional baseball... marketing major. Garcia s Career Pitching Stats Year ERA GP/GS W-L CG SV SHO IP R ER H SO BB / Nate Garcia 2008 Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide 23

12 #13 JAMES HEINTZ OF R/R 5-11 JUNIOR TUCSON, ARIZ. BOSTON COLLEGE SALPOINTE CATHOLIC AT BOSTON COLLEGE: Did not play. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2005 graduate of Salpointe Catholic in Tucson, Ariz. played baseball for Steve Perri helped his team to a region championship and was an All-Region selection as a junior hit.460 also played football and basketball, where he helped the two teams to region championships. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Flagstaff, Ariz. son of Gary and Jeanne Heintz has three older siblings, John, Anne and Katie brother John played baseball at Notre Dame enjoys golfing and movies would like to a successful businessman and coach... management major. #31 STEVE KALUSH RHP R/R 6-20 SOPHOMORE SAN MATEO, CALIF. ARAGON AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007: Named to the West Coast Conference All- Freshman Team... tied for fifth in WCC and led SCU with 28 appearances, all in relief... led team with 3.13 ERA and posted a 1-2 record with four saves and 53 strikeouts in 54.2 innings pitched... earned first win after toss- ing 2.2 scoreless innings of relief against Utah on Feb picked up first save against Cal Poly on Feb. 23, striking out five and allowing only one hit in four scoreless innings of relief... picked up second save Apr. 1 at Portland, pitching four scoreless innings... struck out six batters in three scoreless innings of work on May 11 against No. 6 San Diego... struck out the side in the ninth to earn third save May 19 at Sacramento State... struck out two over final inning and a third to earn fourth save May 20 against Sacramento State... was named WCC Pitcher of the Week for week of May after striking out seven over 4.1 scoreless innings and picking up two saves. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2006 graduate of Aragon High School in San Mateo, Calif.... played baseball for Mike Chanteloup and Jimmy Escalante... in 2006 was named All-County First Team, league player of the year and co-player of the year for the county... overall statistics:.887 ERA, ninety-six strikeouts,.160 opponents batting average and was overall #6 JON KARCICH INF R/R 6-2 SOPHOMORE BELMONT, CALIF. SERRA Jon Karcich PERSONAL DATA: Born in San Francisco, Calif.... son of Ed and Joyce Kalush... has one younger brother, Scotty... enjoys sports, television, movies, rollercoasters and music... wants to play professional baseball... uncle, Bobby Kalush plays professional hockey... business major. Kalush s Career Pitching Statistics Year ERA GP/GS W-L CG SV SHO IP R ER H SO BB / AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007: Named Bethesda Big Train Best Hitter and received Cal Ripken, Sr. All-League honors in the summer after freshman season... started all 54 games in which he appeared... hit 12 doubles and four home runs with 30 RBIs on the year... went 1-for-2 with home run, two RBIs, three walks and three runs scored Feb. 6 against UC Davis... went 2-for-5 with a double and three RBIs on Mar. 4 at San Jose State... had a pair of hits, including a double, and drove in a pair of runs on Apr. 7 at San Francisco... went 3-for-4 with a double and RBI against Gonzaga on Apr hit a two-run homer against the Bulldogs on Apr hit a three-run homer on May 6 at Saint Mary s... went 3-for-4 with two doubles against San Diego on May hit fourth home run May 15 against Stanford... doubled twice and drove in three runs at Sacramento State on May Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide

13 HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2006 graduate of Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo, Calif.... played for Pete Jensen, Joe Kmak and Rich Jefferies... in 2005, was named first-team All-WCAL, first-team All-San Mateo County and received All-CCS Honorable Mention... in 2006 named first-team Co-Player of the Year in the WCAL, San Francisco Chronicle Player of the Year, San Mateo Times Player of the Year, was named first-team All-CCS and first-team All-State... team honors included WCAL Playoff Champions, reached CCS Semifinals, team ranked No. 2 in the state... also played on the San Jose Vipers... named to the 2004 AAU All- Tournament Team. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Burlingame, Calif.... son of Alan and Diana Karcich... has three older siblings, Ryan, Kristen and Justin... enjoys playing cards and basketball...grandfather played baseball in the minor leagues... management major. Karcich s Career Statistics / /0 #27 GEOFF KLEIN C/INF S/R 6-4 SOPHOMORE HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. OCEAN VIEW AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007: Appeared in 19 games, starting one... batted.286 with an RBI... went 2-for-4 with an RBI in only start on Feb. 19 against Utah... went 2-for-2 and scored twice on Mar. 16 at UC Riverside... singled in his only at-bat against Fresno State on Apr. 24 and at Nevada on May 8. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2006 graduate of Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach, Calif.... played for Coach Aaron Kavanagh... from team was Goldenwest League Champions and 2005 CIF Southern Section Champions... as a junior was named 2005 All-League catcher... managed CIF Championship team to a 1.91 ERA in as a senior in 2006 was named Goldenwest League MVP, All-CIF First Team, selected to the 2006 Orange County All-Star Team s Southern Squad and was the Navy Student-Athlete Award winner... in 2006, batted.444 in league,.373 overall, with three homeruns, six doubles, 20 RBIs and 19 walks as a clean-up hitter... threw out 79 percent of attempted base stealers... also played on the SoCal Renegades, helping them win the Connie Mack State Championship... qualified for 2006 Connie Mack World Series... played with the Arizona Western Regional Champions. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Long Beach, Calif.... son of John Klein and Patrice Pineda... has one younger sister, Brenna... enjoys working out, surfing, playing video games, fishing and golfing... wants to play professional baseball or become a doctor in sports medicine... combined sciences major. Klein s Career Statistics / /0 #26 Justin Kuehn JUSTIN KUEHN RHP R/R 6-2 JUNIOR LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIF. ALISO NIGUEL AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2007: Made 17 appearances on the year, including seven starts... posted a 3-3 record, 5.72 ERA and struck out 22 batters in 50.1 innings pitched... earned first win on Feb. 4 against Utah, allowing only one run on four hits and striking out four over 5.2 innings... held Fresno State to only three runs in six innings of work on Mar. 11 in Fresno to pick up second win... picked up third win in relief, allowing only one run and striking out two in 2.2 innings against Stanford on Mar threw five innings of one-run relief at then-no. 12 Pepperdine onapr. 20. AS A FRESHMAN IN 2006: Made 22 appearances on the mound, including 11 starts... went 3-6 on the year with a 6.75 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 82.2 innings pitched... went eight and a third innings in his second start on Feb. 19 against UC Riverside... struck out four while allowing only four hits and one run but took a no-decision... got his first win six days later at then-no. 22 Cal Poly... scattered six Mustang hits and allowed only one earned run in seven and two-thirds innings... struck out two and allowed only three earned runs in earning his second victory of the season on Mar. 19 against Northwestern... allowed only one earned run and struck out four in six and two-thirds innings on Apr. 1 against San Francisco, but again took a no-decision... earned his third win in relief... tossed three innings of threehit, one-run ball and struck out four Portland batters Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide 25

14 HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2005 graduate of Aliso Niguel High School... played baseball for Sommer McCartney... also played basketball... was an all-league performer his senior year... team won consecutive league titles. LeBlanc s Career Statistics / /8 PERSONAL DATA: Born in Santa Monica, Calif.... son of Larry Kuehn and Marcia Nockes... has a brother, Spencer, and a sister, Bryanna... hobbies include surfing and snowboarding... goals include becoming a professional baseball player... marketing major. Kuehn s Career Pitching Statistics Year ERA GP/GS W-L CS SV SHO IP R ER H SO BB / / Career / #19 EVAN LeBLANC OF/1B R/R 6-4 JUNIOR TUCSON, ARIZ. YAVAPAI SALPOINTE CATHOLIC AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2007: Appeared in 50 games during the season, starting batted.302 with 54 hits, 11 doubles, two home runs and 17 RBIs... opened the season with a seven-game hitting streak from Jan. 26-Feb. 6, batting.480 (12-for-25) and scoring five runs... went 7-for-10 in season-opening series at Hawaii from Jan went 3-for-4 with a double and four RBIs at San Jose State on Mar doubled and drove in a pair of runs on Mar. 9 at Fresno State... hit his first collegiate home run on Mar. 17 at UC Riverside... had three hits against the Highlanders on Mar had a 12-game hitting streak from Apr. 24-May 13, batting.365 (19-for-52) with four doubles, a home run and eight RBIs... hit a three-run homer on Apr. 28 against Loyola Marymount... went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs on May 1 at Stanford... had three hits at Nevada on May 8... went 4-for-5 with an RBI on May 12 against then-no. 6 San Diego. AT YAVAPAI: Played baseball for Sky Smeltzer... batted.463 with four home runs in his only year at Yavapai, helping team to mark and runner-up finish in NJCAA national-title game... was named ACCAC Player of the Year. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2005 graduate of Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Ariz.... played for Steve Perri... two-time team MVP in baseball... named a Louisville Slugger first-team All-American as a senior after batting.519 with eight home runs and 28 stolen bases... also named All-State and All-Southern Region in both senior and junior years... batted.563 with three homers and 14 stolen bases as a junior... named all-league second team as a punter for the football team... was involved in Students Against Drunk Driving. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Tucson, Ariz.... son of Brian and Marcia LeBlanc... has one older sister, Nicole... enjoys working out, listening to music and playing video games... goals in life include being successful and having a great job... management major. #23 JEFF LOMBARD RHP R/R 6-3 SENIOR WOODINVILLE, WASH. COLUMBIA BASIN WOODINVILLE AS A JUNIOR IN 2007: Tied for second in WCC with 30 appearances on the year, all in relief, and third in saves with posted 3-5 record with a 4.06 ERA and 34 strikeouts in 37.2 innings pitched... grabbed the win on Jan. 28 at Hawaii after striking out six over 2.1 innings of scoreless relief... struck out three Utah batters over final inning and two-thirds on Feb. 3 to pick up first save... finished the ninth against the Utes on Feb. 4 for second save... pitched perfect final two-thirds of an inning against UC Davis and picked up second win on Feb picked up third save on Feb. 19 against Utah... finished the ninth again for fourth save on Feb. 28 against Fresno State... got save number five at Portland on Mar. 30, tossing a perfect final inning... got final two outs on Apr. 5 at San Francisco for sixth save... tossed final two innings against the Dons on Apr. 6 and picked up his third win... got seventh save against Gonzaga on Apr got final out at Stanford on Apr. 17 for save No got out of the ninth with save No. 9 Apr. 21 at then- No. 12 Pepperdine... struck out two batters in a perfect ninth inning May 4 to grab save No. 10 at Saint Mary s. AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2006: Co-leader (with teammate Daniel DeMarco) in the West Coast Conference in mound appearances with all 29 appearances came in relief... went 2-1 with a save and struck out 46 batters in 53.2 innings pitched... went six-straight appearances without allowing a run (Mar. 26-Apr. 10)... tossed 9.1 innings and struck out five batters in that span... earned his first win with two shutout innings of one-hit ball on Apr. 8 at Gonzaga... earned the save on Apr. 10 by getting the final two outs of an 8-7 win at Gonzaga... from Apr. 18-May 9, put together a stretch of nine appearances without yielding a run... span lasted 15.2 innings, in which he also struck out 16 batters... tossed two shutout innings of relief at Stanford on Apr. 25 to earn second win... struck out five Stanford batters in five innings of work on May 9... again struck out five in a four and a third-inning stint against Portland on May 13. AT COLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE: Played baseball for Scott Rogers... posted a 6-2 record with an ERA of team went 34-9, finishing second in the Eastern Region. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2004 graduate of Woodinville High School in Woodinville, Wash.... played baseball for Terry Agnew... went 7-2 with a 1.54 ERA his senior year... named all-conference in junior and senior years... team was the King County 4A champions in 2003 and posted a 5-0 record with a 1.54 ERA during junior year Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide

15 PERSONAL DATA: Born in Seattle, Wash.... son of David and Susan Lombard... has an older brother, Matt, and a younger sister, Megan... enjoys working out, playing XBox, golf and hanging out with friends... aspires to become a professional baseball player and own his own business... finance major. Lombard s Career Pitching Statistics Year ERA GP/GS W-L CG SV SHO IP R ER H SO BB / / Career MATT LONG OF L/R 5-11 JUNIOR LOS ALTOS HILLS, CALIF. ST. FRANCIS #24 AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2007: Was the only Bronco to start all 56 games... batted.304 with 66 hits, 10 doubles, three home runs, 25 RBIs and a team-leading total of 15 stolen bases... went 3-for-4 with a double and scored twice against Utah on Feb turned in another three-hit game on Feb. 6 against UC Davis... put together a 12-game hitting streak from Feb in which he batted.364 (16-for-44)... from Mar. 4-16, batted.545 (12-for-22) with eight RBIs... hit first collegiate home run at Fresno State on Mar went 3-for-5 at Portland on Mar went 2-for-4 with a solo home run against Loyola Marymount on Apr doubled and drove in four runs at Stanford on May 1... went 3-for-6 with two doubles, a homer and drove in three runs on May 8 at Nevada. AS A FRESHMAN IN 2006: Was named MVP of the Bethesda Big Train and Co-MVP of the Cal Ripkin, Sr. League the summer after freshman season... named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America team by Collegiate Baseball News... earned West Coast Conference All-Freshman team honors... started 51 of the 53 games in which he appeared... led all WCC freshman with a.336 batting average... second on the team with 71 hits and three triples... also doubled nine times and knocked in 23 runs... put together a nine-game hitting streak from Feb batted.419 (13-for-31) in that stretch with two doubles, a triple and seven RBIs... triple came in a 2-for-3, three RBI performance against Sacramento State on Feb had a pair of hits and RBIs three days later at then-no. 22 Cal Poly... batted.571 (12-for-21) in a five-game stretch from Mar went 3-for-4 with a double against San Jose State on Mar tripled and drove in a pair of runs on Mar. 10 at Washington... reached base safely in all six plate appearances the next day against the Huskies... went 4-for-4 with a double, two walks and two RBIs... had consecutive three-hit games at Gonzaga on Apr. 8 and went 4-for-6 at Loyola Marymount, coming only a home run short of the cycle and scoring and driving in a pair of runs... that performance came during an eight-game hitting streak... had three multi-hit games in the final six contests of the season. Matt Long HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2005 graduate of St. Francis High School in Mountain View, Calif.... played baseball for Chris Bradford... named to the West Catholic Athletic League s first-team as a senior in named to WCAL s second-team in 04 and honorable mention in team put together a 26-game winning streak and was ranked No. 1 in the nation for two weeks... batted.398 with two homers and 28 runs batted in as a senior... batted.412 with three home runs and 28 RBIs as a junior in PERSONAL DATA: Born in Mountain View, Calif.... parents are Tim and Claranne Long... has one older sister, Jenna, and a younger brother, Chris... communications major. Long s Career Statistics / / / /22 Career / / Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide 27

16 KEVIN MADDEN OF R/R 6-2 JUNIOR SAN JOSE, CALIF. BELLARMINE COLLEGE PREP TOMMY MEDICA C R/R 6-1 SOPHOMORE SAN JOSE, CALIF BELLARMINE COLLEGE PREP #21 #8 AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2007: Appeared in 25 games, starting four... often used as a late-inning defensive replacement... singled in his only atbat on Mar. 11 at Fresno State... singled at then-no. 12 Pepperdine on Apr started in left field and went 1-for-3 with an RBI against the Waves on Apr. 22. AS A FRESHMAN IN 2006: Appeared in seven games during the season... walked and scored a run in his only plate appearance on Mar, 26 at Hawaii- Hilo... singled and scored a run on Apr. 29 against Saint Mary s. HIGH SCHOOL: A 2005 graduate of Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose, Calif.... played baseball for Gary Cunningham... batted.392 with four home runs and 17 stolen bases his senior season as the Bells established a new CCS record with 34 wins that season... named All-West Catholic Athletic League for his performance in batted.428 as part of the Santa Clara Red Sox, helping lead the team to the 2005 Palomino World Series title in Puerto Rico. PERSONAL DATA: Born in San Jose, Calif.... son of Brian and Sandy Madden... father is a Santa Clara alum... has two older siblings, Brian and Erin... lists his hobbies as surfing and snowboarding... aspires to be a successful businessman... communications major. Madden s Career Statistics / / / /2 Career / /2 AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007: Played for Team USA in the summer after freshman season... helped Team USA go 11-5 in pre-pan Am Games schedule, including series against Chinese Taipei and Japan... at the Pan Am Games, Medica and the Americans reached the Gold Medal Game before losing to Cuba, Medica went 1-for-3 with a run scored in the semifinal win over Brazil... named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America team... also earned spots on the All-WCC First Team and All-Freshman team... appeared in 44 games, starting missed 11 games from Feb. 10-Mar. 3 due to a hand injury... captured the WCC s batting title with a.373 average and tied for second with four triples... added 60 hits, nine doubles, a home run, 23 RBIs and 32 runs scored... had multi-hit games at Hawaii on Jan. 28 and against Utah on Feb. 2 and 4... suffered a hand injury on Feb. 9 at San Diego State that forced him to miss 11 games and serve in pinch-hit capacity for three others... returned to lineup full-time on Mar. 10 at Fresno State... began a 13-game hitting streak at Portland on Mar. 30 with a 3-for-4 effort that included two doubles and three runs scored... streak last from Mar. 30-Apr. 21, in which he batted.518 (29-for-56) with six doubles, three triples, six RBIs and 13 runs scored... batted.706 with a double and two triples in four games over the week of Apr. 2-8, including a 5-for-5 effort at San Francisco on Apr. 7, and earned WCC Player of the Week and Collegiate Baseball News National Honor Roll recognition... hit safely in 22 of 23 games from Mar. 30-May 8... went 3-for-4 with a double and career-high six RBIs against Fresno State on Apr tripled and drove in three runs against Loyola Marymount on Apr went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and runs scored at Stanford on May 1... went 2-for-2 with a two-run homer, his first at the collegiate level, in the season finale against Sacramento State on May 20. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2006 graduate of Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, Calif.... played for Gary Cunningham, Tom Medica and Al Bacosa... in 2004, was named WCAL All-League Honorable Mention... in 2005, team was first in the WCAL and went to the playoffs, was named WCAL All-League First Team... in 2006, the team was first in WCAL and CCS Champions, was named WCAL All-league First Team and MVP, Bellarmine MVP and was named to the Mercury News First Team... also in 2004 participated in and was second in the AAU Junior Olympics All-Tournament Team, and fifth in USA Baseball Junior Olympics... in 2005 was first in Summer Series Wood Bat Tournament... in 2006 participated in USA Baseball Junior National Team Trials. PERSONAL DATA: Born in San Jose, Calif.... son of Tom and Carole Medica... has one older sister, Kim... enjoys playing golf, cars and hanging out with friends... wants to play professional baseball and own a successful business... business major. Tommy Medica Medica s Career Statistics / / Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide

17 CHRIS MORTON INF S/L 6-2 FRESHMAN BELLEVUE, WASH. BELLEVUE PERSONAL DATA: Born in San Luis Obispo, Calif.... son of Casey and Kathy O Connor... has three younger siblings: Madison, Carson and Riley... enjoys golfing, surfing and snowboarding... goals include becoming a successful businessman... business major. O Connor s Career Statistics / /0 #3 HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2007 graduate of Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Wash.... played first and third base for Mark Tyler and Mike Halverson helped his team to a 15-1 overall record and a first place league finish in 2007 received Seattle Post-Intelligence and Seattle Times All-State honors as a senior hit.441 with five home runs, seven doubles produced a.938 slugging percentage and a.600 OBP named first team all-league as a junior in 2006 posted an OBP of.469 and an OPS (on-base plus slugging) of hit.341 on the year with three home runs following a sophomore campaign in 2005 in which he hit.385 was also named to the Class of 2007 Area Code team with the Washington Nationals club team. #4 ANTHONY RAGOS OF R/R 5-5 FRESHMAN DUMFRIES, VA. FOREST PARK PERSONAL INFORMATION: Born in Bellevue, Wash. son of Todd and Christine Morton enjoys working out, watching TV and movies and listening to music would like to play professional baseball... business major. IAN O CONNOR INF R/R 6-0 SOPHOMORE SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF MISSION PREP HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2007 graduate of Forest Park High School in Dumfries, Va. played for Gerry Mobley and Jon Colantouni led his team to an 18-3 record as a senior helped team to back-to-back district championships were AAA Northwestern Region runner-ups and state semifinalists in 2007 received all-district first team and all-region second team honors as a junior and senior was also named to The Potomac News All-Area first team in 2006 and 2007 hit.425 with 28 stolen bases as a senior was also a member of the wrestling team. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Born in Cottonwood, Ariz. son of Robert and Stacy Ragos has two sisters, Jacqueline and Vanessa enjoys surfing and baseball would like to play professional baseball and use it as a platform for positive change... business major. #45 AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007: Appeared in one game on the year... entered game at San Jose State on Mar. 4 as a defensive replacement... recorded an assist and made a putout. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2006 graduate of Mission Prep in San Luis Obispo, Calif.... played for Casey Candell... three-sport athlete, starring in baseball, football and basketball... was named first-team allleague in baseball in his junior and senior years... batted.357 as a senior, leading the team in hits, runs, doubles and steals... helped lead team to Division V quarterfinal appearance... helped lead basketball team to CIF Division V title from was all-county wide receiver in football, totaling 61 catches for 913 yards and eight touchdowns in made the honor roll all four years Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide 29

18 MATT RENNER LHP L/L 6-0 FRESHMAN LAKE TAPPS, WASH. AUBURN RIVERSIDE ALEX RIVERS RHP R/R 5-10 SOPHOMORE LODI, CALIF TOKAY #42 #1 HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2007 graduate of Auburn Riverside in Auburn, Wash. played for Chris Garrison named First Team All- State as a senior also received first team all-league honors as a pitcher and outfielder paced the Ravens, hitting.514 with three home runs as a pitcher, posted a 4-0 record with one save and a 0.97 ERA named an allleague honorable mention as a junior. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Renton, Wash. son of Rob and Diane Renner... has an older brother, Luke... enjoys snowboarding and paintball would like to own his own engineering firm... mechanical engineering major. AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007: Named to the WCC All-Freshman Team... made 27 relief appearances on the year... also made one appearance at short- stop... went 2-2 on the year with a 3.35 ERA... and 33 strikeouts in 48.1 innings pitched... struck out three batters in 1.2 innings of scoreless relief Feb. 2 against Utah... earned first win by going 3.2 scoreless innings and striking out two batters at Portland on Mar did not allow an earned run in eight straight outings from Mar. 30-Apr played shortstop in the ninth inning of an 11-1 win over Loyola Marymount on Apr. 29 and made an assist... picked up his second win by striking out one in the final inning and a third of a ninth-inning win over then-no. 6 San Diego on May 13. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2006 graduate of Tokay High School in Lodi, Calif.... played for Aaron Misasi and Paul Lovotti... in 2005, team was South Section Champions... team was League Champions in also in 2006 was named Tri-City Athletic Association MVP, Stockton Record Player of the Year, CalHi Sports All-State Second Team, Louisville Slugger All-American Honorable Mention and ranked in top 200 by Baseball America. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Long Beach, Calif.... son of John and Gina Rivers... has three younger siblings, Lauren, Brett and Kyle... enjoys hanging out with friends, video games and playing golf... would like to play professional baseball... major is undeclared. Rivers Career Pitching Statistics Year ERA GP/GS W-L CG SV SHO IP R ER H SO BB / Alex Rivers Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide

19 MICHAEL SANTIA INF R/R 5-10 SOPHOMORE DANVILLE, CALIF. MONTE VISTA THAIN SIMON RHP R/R 6-4 FRESHMAN EL DORADO HILLS, CALIF. JESUIT #15 #29 AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007: Did not see action. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2006 graduate of Monte Vista High School in Danville, Calif.... played for Bill Piona... in 2005 helped lead team to 24-5 record and runner-up finish in the North Coast Section Division 4A playoffs... was named All-EBAL as a junior and senior... was part of the national honor roll as a student... played club ball for the ES Sports Warriors. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Royal Oak, Mich.... son of Perry and Judy Santia... has two younger sisters, Lauren and Christine... enjoys music and movies... goals include becoming a successful businessman... majoring in business. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2007 graduate of Jesuit High School in Sacramento, Calif. played for Joe Potuluy produced a 7-1 record and 0.80 ERA as a senior tallied 68 strikeouts in 52 innings in 2007 received All-City second team honors in 2007 compiled a 6-3 record and 2.56 ERA while striking out 53 batters in 55 innings in 2006 was selected to the All-Delta League First Team led the Marauders to the Sub-Section finals as a junior while throwing four no-hitters was named a Puma All-American as well as to the CBCA North/South Invite. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Born in Toronto, Canada son of Chris and Debra Simon has one younger sibling, Broch enjoys golfing, music, traveling and reading would like to play professional baseball and become a successful businessman... finance major Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide 31

20 JOSEPH SUPPLE RHP R/R 6-3 FRESHMAN ASTORIA, ORE. JESUIT KYLE VAN DUSEN INF R/R 6-0 JUNIOR PHOENIX, ARIZ. SCOTTSDALE C.C. SUNNYSLOPE #37 #30 HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2007 graduate of Jesuit High School in Portland, Ore. played for Don Lovell compiled an 18-7 career record led his team to Metro League Championships in 2006 and 2007 squad was also playoff quarterfinalist in both seasons registered a 7-1 record as a senior as a sophomore and junior, was named an Oregon Metro League All-Star in 2006 was named an OSAA & Dairy Farmers of America Academic All-State posted a 6-2 record as a junior. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Longview, Wash. son of Dan and Kim Supple father played baseball at UC Riverside great grandfather played baseball for Oregon State from enjoys golfing, reading and running would like to pursue a degree in law and policy. AT SCOTTSDALE C.C.: Played for Alex Cherney and Ben Taylor member of the 2007 Region I Division II and Southwest District championship teams team finished third at the NJCAA Division II World Series hit.309 and registered 12 stolen bases saw action in 45 games as a freshman tallied nine stolen bases and scored 28 runs played in the 2006 JUCO All-Star game. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2005 graduate of Sunnyslope High School in Phoenix, Ariz. played for Rich Carlberg batted.310 with 24 stolen bases as a senior was named to the All-State First Team also received second team all-state honors as a junior in PERSONAL DATA: Born in Phoenix, Ariz. son of Dale and Kathy Van Dusen has four older siblings, Ryan, Tyff, Jeremy and Danny enjoys fishing, hunting and mountain biking... communications major. PATRICK TERRY C R/R 6-3 SOPHOMORE SAMMAMISH, WASH. EASTSIDE CATHOLIC CURTIS WAGNER INF L/R 6-1 FRESHMAN MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF. LOYOLA #38 #34 HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2006 graduate of Eastside Catholic in Bellevue, Wash. played for Kurt Towy advanced to the 3A State Quarterfinals in 2006 was a unanimous First Team All-Metro selection was also named team MVP hit.480 with a.512 OBP also played golf. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Bellevue, Wash. son of Rocky and Colleen Terry has two sisters, Stephanie and Jessica enjoys sports, anything active, movies and music would like to break into the medical field and find answer to positively change the community... biology major. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2007 graduate of Loyola High School in Los Angeles, Calif. played for Brian Felton in 2007, led team to its first CIF Division III Championship in 54 years with a 26-8 overall record named CIF Div. III Player of the Year in 2007 hit.456 with 10 home runs and 46 RBIs.. also produced a.883 slugging percentage received All-Mission League honors as a senior was named to the All-Area team by the Los Angeles Times and was a CalHi All-State honoree in 2007 as a junior, received All-Mission League accolades. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Manhattan Beach, Calif. son of Gary and Karen Wagner has one brother, Philip enjoys ping-pong, golf and beach volleyball... major is undeclared Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide

21 #17 JASON WESTERBERG RHP R/R 6-2 FRESHMAN NAPA, CALIF. NAPA #35 MATT WICKSWAT LHP L/L 6-2 RS JUNIOR BELLEVUE, WASH. GONZAGA ISSAQUAH HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2007 graduate of Napa High School in Napa, Calif. played for Todd Pridy captained both his varsity and junior varsity squads helped team to league championships as a senior received all-league pitching honors in 2007 compiled a 6-2 record and 1.70 ERA with 62 strikeouts in 57 innings also registered six shutouts also played football and basketball was an all-league football selection as a junior and senior as well as the Special Teams Player of the Year in 2006 and PERSONAL DATA: Born in Vallejo, Calif. son of Michael and Cindy Westerberg has one sister, Cecelia his uncle Nick Westerberg was a defensive end at Oregon State and was drafted by the Oakland Raiders his uncle Dan Bartel was a guard at Western Baptist and his cousin Emily Westerberg was a power forward at Arizona State and was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury enjoys video games, wakeboarding and playing baseball, football and basketball would like to play professional baseball and start his own business... undeclared major in the Leavey School of Business. AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2006: Named All-WCC honorable mention after going 7-5 on the year with a 3.41 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 97.1 innings pitched... sixth in the WCC in wins and strikeouts, eighth in ERA... led SCU in wins, strikeouts and innings pitched... struck out 10 batters on four occasions in earned first win Feb. 2 against Utah, striking out 10 and tossing 6.1 scoreless innings... picked up second win Feb. 16 at UC Davis... struck out five Cal Poly batters in five innings of work Feb. 23 to grab third win... allowed only one unearned run on seven hits and struck out five while notching first career complete game for fourth win on Mar. 10 at Fresno State... struck out 10 and allowed only one run through eight innings but got a no-decision on Mar. 31 at Portland... allowed only two runs on four hits and struck out 10 once again for fifth win on Apr. 14 against Gonzaga... held then-no. 12 Pepperdine to two runs over seven innings of work and struck out five to pick up sixth win on Apr struck out 10 and allowed only two unearned runs on six hits over 8.1 innings but got another no-decision on May 5 at Saint Mary s... struck out six and allowed only three runs on six hits over 7.1 innings to get seventh win on May 20 against Sacramento State. AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2006: Named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America team by Collegiate Baseball... also earned spots on the All- West Coast Conference Second Team and was ranked 10th in strikeouts (66)... started all 14 games on the mound in which he appeared... had one of the finest freshman campaigns for an SCU pitcher in history... went 9-2 with a 3.54 ERA and struck out 66 batters in 84.0 innings of work... tossed five innings of threehit, shutout ball and struck out five in his debut Feb. 5 at Pacific for his first win... struck out three over another five-inning outingon Feb. 12 against San Diego State to get his second win... tossed seven and a third shutout innings and struck out five while allowing only five hits against San Jose State on Mar. 5 to up his record to allowed no runs in his next three outings... improved to 4-1 with a six and a third-inning performance March 19 against Northwestern in which he allowed only five hits... got his fifth win on Mar. 29 against Cal State Monterey Bay... struck out eight San Francisco batters while allowing only three hits and no runs in five and a third innings of work, but took a no-decision... allowed only two runs and struck out six at Gonzaga on Apr. 10 to earn sixth win... suffered second loss of the season on Apr. 15 against Pepperdine despite a solid six-inning outing in which he allowed only two runs on eight hits... scattered five hits and three runs over seven and two-thirds innings to improve to 7-2 on Apr. 23 at Loyola Marymount... went eight innings and struck out a career-high 10 batters in winning a wild 10-6 affair on Apr. 29 against Saint Mary s to improve to won his final start of the season on May 12 against Portland... struck out nine batters and yielded only six hits over six and a third innings. Matt Wickswat 2008 Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide 33

22 #41 MARK WILLINSKY RHP R/R 6-4 JUNIOR LAS VEGAS, CALIF. CIMARRON MEMORIAL AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2007: Redshirted the season. AT GONZAGA: Redshirted the 2005 season. Mark Willinsky HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2004 graduate of Issaquah High School in Bellevue, Wash.... played baseball for Rob Reese and basketball for Jeff Patrick... recorded a career record of was 3-1 career in the state playoffs with a 0.26 ERA... went a perfect 10-0 with a 2.00 ERA and 80 strikeouts in 70 innings pitched his senior year... was named Washington s Louisville Slugger and Baseball Coaches of America Player of the Year his senior year... was named the All-State MVP and to the state s first-team after Issaquah won the state, district and league championships... was an all-state honorable mention as a junior... baseball team finished third in state his junior year and were the Class 3A King County District champions... member of Issaquah s Key Club... earned both the Rotary Club Student of the Year and Athlete of the Year awards in member of the National Honor Society... graduated in the top 10 percent of his high school class with a 3.87 GPA. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Bellevue, Wash.... parents are Paul and Linda Wickswat... father played football for Furman University... has an older sister, Nicole, who is a cheerleader at University of Oregon... majoring in business... goals are to play professional baseball and become a successful businessman... finance major. Wickswat s Career Pitching Statistics Year ERA GP/GS W-L CG SV SHO IP R ER H SO BB / / Career / AS A FRESHMAN IN 2006: Second in the West Coast Conference in saves (9) and third in mound appearances (28)... appeared in 28 games, starting one... his nine saves were one shy of the SCU freshman record... struck out 38 batters in 39.1 innings pitched... struck out two and allowed only one earned run in a three-inning stint in his only start of the season on Feb. 7 at UC Davis... earned his first save on Feb. 10 by striking out one in closing the ninth inning... got his first win on Feb. 19 against UC Riverside while striking out four and allowing only one-run in four and two-thirds innings of relief... earned three saves in as many games Feb. 24-Mar closed out the last inning and a third at then-no. 22 Cal Poly on Feb got the last two outs via strikeout the next day against the Mustangs for his third save... closed out the ninth on Mar. 3 against San Jose State for his fourth save... struck out two Northwestern batters Mar. 19 in the final inning and a third to earn his fifth save... struck out a batter in a scoreless inning of work and earned his second win of the season on Apr. 1 against San Francisco... tossed a scoreless ninth at Gonzaga on Apr. 8 for sixth save... earned seventh save while striking out one in an inning and a third at Loyola Marymount on Apr struck out two in a scoreless ninth the next day to get his eighth save at the Lions expense... struck out four Saint Mary s batters on Apr. 30 in a two-inning outing for his ninth save. HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2005 graduate of Cimarron Memorial High School in Las Vegas, Nev.... played for Mike Hubel... named first-team All-Southern Nevada... team finished second in state... named Player of the Week at the State Tournament. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Ventura, Calif.... son of Jerry and Merna Willinsky... has three siblings, Laura, Michael and Kathy... sister Kathy plays basketball at Santa Clara lists baseball as a hobby... communications major. Willinsky s Career Pitching Statistics Year ERA GP/GS W-L CG SV SHO IP R ER H SO BB / DNP Career / Santa Clara University Baseball Media Guide